Balaton vs Marshall

A side-by-side comparison of Balaton and Marshall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshall has the higher population (13,880 vs 544 in Balaton). Marshall has the higher median household income ($64,636 vs $54,091 in Balaton). Marshall has the higher median home value ($198,900 vs $85,000 in Balaton).

Population, income & housing

	Balaton	Marshall
Population	544	13,880
Median age	46.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,091	$64,636
Median home value	$85,000	$198,900
Median gross rent	$1,081	$742
Housing units	279	6,253
Homeownership rate	76.2%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balaton	Marshall
Population	600 → 544 (-9.3%)	13,651 → 13,880 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $54,091 (+7.5%)	$48,958 → $64,636 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $85,000 (+17.2%)	$154,100 → $198,900 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $1,081 (+88.7%)	$684 → $742 (+8.5%)

Balaton

Population

600544

Median household income

$50,313$54,091

Median home value

$72,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$573$1,081

Marshall

Population

13,65113,880

Median household income

$48,958$64,636

Median home value

$154,100$198,900

Median gross rent

$684$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balaton	Marshall
Under 5	6.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	12.3%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	4.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	8.1%
75 and over	11.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balaton	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balaton	Marshall
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balaton	Marshall
Drove alone	78.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balaton	Marshall
1-unit, detached	93.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Balaton	Marshall
Poverty rate	13.3%	16.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1950	1976