Marshall vs Opal

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (3,213 vs 784 in Opal). Opal has the higher median household income ($207,708 vs $98,702 in Marshall). Opal has the higher median home value ($582,000 vs $411,700 in Marshall).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall	Opal
Population	3,213	784
Median age	33.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,702	$207,708
Median home value	$411,700	$582,000
Median gross rent	$1,947	—
Housing units	951	202
Homeownership rate	35.2%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall	Opal
Population	2,063 → 3,213 (+55.7%)	690 → 784 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$121,098 → $98,702 (-18.5%)	$96,000 → $207,708 (+116.4%)
Median home value	$332,500 → $411,700 (+23.8%)	$331,900 → $582,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,947 (+34.3%)	—

Marshall

Population

2,0633,213

Median household income

$121,098$98,702

Median home value

$332,500$411,700

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,947

Opal

Population

690784

Median household income

$96,000$207,708

Median home value

$331,900$582,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall	Opal
Under 5	3.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	23.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	23.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	20.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	5.2%
75 and over	4.6%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall	Opal
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	57.7%
Black or African American	11.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	27.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall	Opal
No high school diploma	17.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall	Opal
Drove alone	79.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall	Opal
1-unit, detached	35.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	39.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshall	Opal
Poverty rate	17.9%	3.2%
Average household size	3.71	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1977	2002