Marshall vs Waskom

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (23,646 vs 1,862 in Waskom). Waskom has the higher median household income ($54,135 vs $49,817 in Marshall). Marshall has the higher median home value ($133,000 vs $91,300 in Waskom).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall	Waskom
Population	23,646	1,862
Median age	32.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,817	$54,135
Median home value	$133,000	$91,300
Median gross rent	$929	$1,115
Housing units	9,754	769
Homeownership rate	60.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall	Waskom
Population	23,080 → 23,646 (+2.5%)	1,617 → 1,862 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $49,817 (+20.8%)	$32,188 → $54,135 (+68.2%)
Median home value	$99,400 → $133,000 (+33.8%)	$82,100 → $91,300 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $929 (+27.4%)	$1,063 → $1,115 (+4.9%)

Marshall

Population

23,08023,646

Median household income

$41,250$49,817

Median home value

$99,400$133,000

Median gross rent

$729$929

Waskom

Population

1,6171,862

Median household income

$32,188$54,135

Median home value

$82,100$91,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall	Waskom
Under 5	5.9%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	20.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	5.7%
75 and over	5.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall	Waskom
White (non-Hispanic)	33.3%	63.0%
Black or African American	40.1%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall	Waskom
No high school diploma	11.2%	16.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall	Waskom
Drove alone	74.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.5%
Other means	2.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall	Waskom
1-unit, detached	77.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Marshall	Waskom
Poverty rate	25.7%	11.9%
Average household size	2.65	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1971	1976