Bellingham vs Marietta

A side-by-side comparison of Bellingham and Marietta: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellingham and Marietta are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marietta has the higher population (172 vs 152 in Bellingham). Bellingham has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $34,167 in Marietta). Marietta has the higher median home value ($62,500 vs $52,700 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Marietta
Population	152	172
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,083	$34,167
Median home value	$52,700	$62,500
Median gross rent	$494	—
Housing units	79	82
Homeownership rate	86.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Marietta
Population	233 → 152 (-34.8%)	144 → 172 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $52,083 (+19.0%)	$24,821 → $34,167 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$43,300 → $52,700 (+21.7%)	$35,000 → $62,500 (+78.6%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $494 (+16.2%)	—

Bellingham

Population

233152

Median household income

$43,750$52,083

Median home value

$43,300$52,700

Median gross rent

$425$494

Marietta

Population

144172

Median household income

$24,821$34,167

Median home value

$35,000$62,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Marietta
Under 5	5.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	1.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	19.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	24.4%
75 and over	11.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Marietta
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Marietta
No high school diploma	12.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	55.1%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Marietta
Drove alone	81.1%	61.8%
Carpooled	13.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	21.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Marietta
1-unit, detached	88.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Marietta
Poverty rate	6.1%	42.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1954	1938