Marshfield vs Niangua

A side-by-side comparison of Marshfield and Niangua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshfield has the higher population (7,599 vs 495 in Niangua). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($67,134 vs $36,667 in Niangua). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $87,500 in Niangua).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Niangua
Population	7,599	495
Median age	33.5 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,134	$36,667
Median home value	$201,300	$87,500
Median gross rent	$776	$695
Housing units	3,150	219
Homeownership rate	64.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Niangua
Population	7,318 → 7,599 (+3.8%)	436 → 495 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$44,844 → $67,134 (+49.7%)	$33,750 → $36,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $201,300 (+72.2%)	$51,900 → $87,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $776 (+23.2%)	$606 → $695 (+14.7%)

Marshfield

Population

7,3187,599

Median household income

$44,844$67,134

Median home value

$116,900$201,300

Median gross rent

$630$776

Niangua

Population

436495

Median household income

$33,750$36,667

Median home value

$51,900$87,500

Median gross rent

$606$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Niangua
Under 5	8.1%	12.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.5%
75 and over	8.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Niangua
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Niangua
No high school diploma	9.8%	22.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Niangua
Drove alone	81.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Niangua
1-unit, detached	80.8%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Niangua
Poverty rate	19.3%	40.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1980	1971