Etowah County vs Marshall County

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

Etowah County and Marshall County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Etowah County has the higher population (103,208 vs 98,712 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($60,946 vs $53,070 in Etowah County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $160,600 in Etowah County).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah County	Marshall County
Population	103,208	98,712
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,070	$60,946
Median home value	$160,600	$183,400
Median gross rent	$807	$765
Housing units	47,487	41,531
Homeownership rate	73.8%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah County	Marshall County
Population	102,748 → 103,208 (+0.4%)	95,643 → 98,712 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$44,637 → $53,070 (+18.9%)	$45,983 → $60,946 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $160,600 (+41.2%)	$128,800 → $183,400 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $807 (+20.6%)	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)

Etowah County

Population

102,748103,208

Median household income

$44,637$53,070

Median home value

$113,700$160,600

Median gross rent

$669$807

Marshall County

Population

95,64398,712

Median household income

$45,983$60,946

Median home value

$128,800$183,400

Median gross rent

$649$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etowah County	Marshall County
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.1%
75 and over	7.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	77.3%
Black or African American	15.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	14.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah County	Marshall County
Drove alone	87.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Etowah County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	17.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1975	1985