Cross Plains vs Marshall

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

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

Cross Plains has the higher population (4,059 vs 3,806 in Marshall). Cross Plains has the higher median household income ($103,389 vs $84,462 in Marshall). Cross Plains has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $233,000 in Marshall).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Marshall
Population	4,059	3,806
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,389	$84,462
Median home value	$347,400	$233,000
Median gross rent	$1,371	$893
Housing units	1,615	1,537
Homeownership rate	69.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Marshall
Population	4,187 → 4,059 (-3.1%)	3,966 → 3,806 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $103,389 (+21.8%)	$61,339 → $84,462 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$276,300 → $347,400 (+25.7%)	$177,700 → $233,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,371 (+34.5%)	$894 → $893 (-0.1%)

Cross Plains

Population

4,1874,059

Median household income

$84,861$103,389

Median home value

$276,300$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,371

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)

	Cross Plains	Marshall
Under 5	4.1%	10.4%
5 to 17	25.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	18.9%
35 to 44	18.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.0%
75 and over	4.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Marshall
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Marshall
Drove alone	74.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Marshall
1-unit, detached	66.5%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Marshall
Poverty rate	1.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1985	1983