Black Earth vs Marshall

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (3,806 vs 1,724 in Black Earth). Marshall has the higher median household income ($84,462 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Black Earth has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $233,000 in Marshall).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Marshall
Population	1,724	3,806
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$84,462
Median home value	$268,500	$233,000
Median gross rent	$867	$893
Housing units	695	1,537
Homeownership rate	89.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Marshall
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	3,966 → 3,806 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$61,339 → $84,462 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$177,700 → $233,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$894 → $893 (-0.1%)

Black Earth

Population

1,4181,724

Median household income

$64,539$72,667

Median home value

$197,400$268,500

Median gross rent

$759$867

Marshall

Population

3,9663,806

Median household income

$61,339$84,462

Median home value

$177,700$233,000

Median gross rent

$894$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Earth	Marshall
Under 5	6.7%	10.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	25.5%	8.0%
75 and over	7.3%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Marshall
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	44.2%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Marshall
Drove alone	71.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Marshall
1-unit, detached	80.1%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Marshall
Poverty rate	7.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1976	1983