Marshall vs Sweet Springs

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (13,699 vs 1,299 in Sweet Springs). Marshall has the higher median household income ($54,815 vs $46,111 in Sweet Springs). Marshall has the higher median home value ($145,900 vs $92,000 in Sweet Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
Population	13,699	1,299
Median age	31.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$46,111
Median home value	$145,900	$92,000
Median gross rent	$769	$717
Housing units	5,283	589
Homeownership rate	66.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
Population	12,949 → 13,699 (+5.8%)	1,399 → 1,299 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$42,584 → $54,815 (+28.7%)	$41,458 → $46,111 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $145,900 (+32.4%)	$72,900 → $92,000 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $769 (+18.9%)	$644 → $717 (+11.3%)

Marshall

Population

12,94913,699

Median household income

$42,584$54,815

Median home value

$110,200$145,900

Median gross rent

$647$769

Sweet Springs

Population

1,3991,299

Median household income

$41,458$46,111

Median home value

$72,900$92,000

Median gross rent

$644$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
Under 5	5.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	18.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.7%
75 and over	6.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
No high school diploma	13.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
Drove alone	77.1%	74.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
1-unit, detached	73.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshall	Sweet Springs
Poverty rate	16.3%	15.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1972	1966