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.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.06 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Marshall does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Marshall is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.43% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Marshall in 2022 was $27,171, 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 $108,684 for a family of four. However, Marshall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Marshall is an extremely 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 19.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Marshall include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Marshall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
