With 6,804 people, Marshall is a city in Michigan. At a median age of 46.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $173,500. The poverty rate is 5.7%, under the national 12.5%. 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,050, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
42% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Marshall
What changed most since 1990
Median age34.9 → 46.5(+11.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share95.4% → 86.7%(−8.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$126,244 → $173,500(+37%)US over the same years: +67%
Marshall's population equals 5.1% of Calhoun County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 2.1% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 2.5% 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)14.9%(42)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.7%(47)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.9%(87)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.4%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 282 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
Marshall, decade by decade
Marshall 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
6,891
$72,002
$126,244
22.9%
11.2
2000
7,459
$74,999
$181,255
29.8%
13.9
2010
7,088
$64,406
$176,081
33.4%
18.0
2020
6,822
$70,510
$166,292
39.2%
26.1
2024
6,804
$76,050
$173,500
42.1%
30.2
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.
