Because there are quite a few people attending college in Marshall, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Marshall provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Marshall spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Marshall does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Marshall is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.16% of adults in Marshall have a college degree.
The per capita income in Marshall in 2022 was $24,612, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,448 for a family of four. However, Marshall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Marshall is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marshall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marshall residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Marshall also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.18% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Marshall include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Marshall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
