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 17.81 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small city, Marshalltown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Marshalltown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.25% of the adults in Marshalltown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Marshalltown in 2022 was $27,718, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,872 for a family of four. However, Marshalltown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Marshalltown is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marshalltown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marshalltown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Marshalltown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Marshalltown include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Dutch.
In addition, Marshalltown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.73%).
The most common language spoken in Marshalltown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
