One of the benefits of Marshalltown is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.81 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Marshalltown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Marshalltown is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.25% of adults 25 and older 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.
