Marquette is a city of 21,325 people in Michigan. The median age is 30.9, younger than the US median of 38.9. Owners hold 46% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 73% were in the same home a year ago. 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. The average commute runs 13 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,613, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
48% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 76%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Marquette
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$119,283 → $274,700(+130%)US over the same years: +67%
White share94.5% → 88.2%(−6.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate16.6% → 22.4%(+5.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Marquette's population equals 32% of Marquette County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 56% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 19% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.8%(139)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.6%(137)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.2%(451)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(24)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 880 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Marquette, decade by decade
Marquette population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
21,961
$58,478
$119,283
30.1%
13.2
2000
19,661
$54,500
$155,752
34.2%
13.2
2010
21,355
$52,935
$231,322
38.9%
23.0
2020
20,629
$51,810
$218,288
47.4%
32.1
2024
21,325
$55,613
$274,700
48.0%
27.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
