Hot Springs vs Marshall

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (846 vs 494 in Hot Springs). Marshall has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $39,167 in Hot Springs). Marshall has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $184,900 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs	Marshall
Population	494	846
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$53,125
Median home value	$184,900	$242,600
Median gross rent	$488	$543
Housing units	296	547
Homeownership rate	51.5%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs	Marshall
Population	532 → 494 (-7.1%)	782 → 846 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$40,156 → $39,167 (-2.5%)	$42,500 → $53,125 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $184,900 (+14.1%)	$190,000 → $242,600 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $488 (+16.2%)	$397 → $543 (+36.8%)

Hot Springs

Population

532494

Median household income

$40,156$39,167

Median home value

$162,100$184,900

Median gross rent

$420$488

Marshall

Population

782846

Median household income

$42,500$53,125

Median home value

$190,000$242,600

Median gross rent

$397$543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hot Springs	Marshall
Under 5	2.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	20.0%
45 to 54	23.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.8%
75 and over	9.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs	Marshall
No high school diploma	2.6%	21.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs	Marshall
Drove alone	80.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs	Marshall
1-unit, detached	56.8%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs	Marshall
Poverty rate	18.8%	20.9%
Average household size	2.27	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1972	1974