Marshville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,660 people and two associated neighborhoods, Marshville is the 274th largest community in North Carolina.Marshville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Marshville is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marshville who work in office and administrative support (12.31%), food service (8.43%), and management occupations (7.07%). Also of interest is that Marshville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.95% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Marshville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.29 minutes every day commuting to work. Marshville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Marshville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.26% of adults in Marshville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Marshville in 2022 was $22,173, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,692 for a family of four. However, Marshville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Marshville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Marshville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marshville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Marshville include English, Irish, German, African, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Marshville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
