Mars Hill vs Marshall

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

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

Mars Hill has the higher population (2,738 vs 846 in Marshall). Mars Hill has the higher median household income ($77,826 vs $53,125 in Marshall). Mars Hill has the higher median home value ($295,700 vs $242,600 in Marshall).

Population, income & housing

	Mars Hill	Marshall
Population	2,738	846
Median age	30.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,826	$53,125
Median home value	$295,700	$242,600
Median gross rent	$942	$543
Housing units	960	547
Homeownership rate	61.9%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mars Hill	Marshall
Population	2,537 → 2,738 (+7.9%)	782 → 846 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$46,932 → $77,826 (+65.8%)	$42,500 → $53,125 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$206,800 → $295,700 (+43.0%)	$190,000 → $242,600 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $942 (+22.5%)	$397 → $543 (+36.8%)

Mars Hill

Population

2,5372,738

Median household income

$46,932$77,826

Median home value

$206,800$295,700

Median gross rent

$769$942

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)

	Mars Hill	Marshall
Under 5	3.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	26.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.8%
75 and over	5.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mars Hill	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mars Hill	Marshall
No high school diploma	3.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mars Hill	Marshall
Drove alone	68.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	18.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mars Hill	Marshall
1-unit, detached	71.6%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Mars Hill	Marshall
Poverty rate	3.3%	20.9%
Average household size	2.44	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1982	1974