City safety & data profile

MarshallTX

Marshall, TX is a 24K-resident city in Harrison County with a median household income of $55,089.

Harrison County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Marshall, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Marshall has a population larger than 53% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $141,400.

Data updated 2026-09-04

24K
Population (place)
Top 47%
By size
$55,089
Median income (place)
$141,400
Median home (place)
22.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Marshall

Marshall posts a median household income higher than 15% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 16%
by median income, US cities

Where Marshall income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$55,089 Bottom 15% higher than 15% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Marshall $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Marshall, TX beyond the headline numbers

Marshall sits inside Harrison County, Texas, at roughly 32.54°N, -94.37°W. Population 23,820, $55,089 median household income. Median home value $141,400, median rent $949. Poverty rate 22.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

22.4% of Marshall, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Marshall runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5.4% of Marshall workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.6% in Marshall, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Marshall workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Marshall's median age is 32.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Marshall from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
23,820
Marshall · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$55,089
-38% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$141,400
-66% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Harrison County): Marshall's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
70K+6%
Median Income
$66,103+45%
Median Home Value
$180,400+66%
Poverty Rate
15.6%-3%
Unemployment
5.6%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Marshall, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$949/mo
Poverty Rate
22.4% +81% vs avg
Unemployment 8.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20%
Work From Home 5.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 36.9%
African American 39.8%
Asian 0.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.5%

Health Profile 14 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.7%
Short Sleep Duration
40.9%
High Blood Pressure
40.1%
Physical Inactivity
33.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
18.3%
Current Smoking
16.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.7%
Diabetes
15.6%
Binge Drinking
14.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48.4%
Annual Checkup 76%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
4.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Marshall?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Marshall right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-MARSHALL-TX · Marshall

Marshall: 11 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 11 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albuquerque

Tagged alert mix: Marshall

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 11 tagged notices on record for Marshall.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Albuquerque, NM (10 tagged · Δ1)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Marshall; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (11 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Marshall, TX? ▼
Marshall, TX has a population of 23,820 people, located in Harrison County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Marshall? ▼
The median household income in Marshall, TX is $55,089 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 22.4%.
What is the median home value in Marshall? ▼
The median home value in Marshall, TX is $141,400. Median rent is $949/month.
What are the top health concerns in Marshall? ▼
The top health indicators in Marshall include Obesity (41.7%), Short Sleep Duration (40.9%), High Blood Pressure (40.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Marshall? ▼
The median age in Marshall, TX is 32.5 years. 20% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Marshall, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (22.4% here).

Marion, OH 22.4% Roseburg, OR 22.4% Marquette, MI 22.4% Ashland, KY 22.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($55,089 here).

Shelbyville, TN $55,073 Van Wert, OH $55,113 Crawfordsville, IN $55,033 Hamilton, OH $55,166

Compare Marshall with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Longview, TX 82K Kilgore, TX 15K Henderson, TX 14K Shreveport, LA 188K Bossier City, LA 68K Mount Pleasant, TX 16K Texarkana, TX 37K Tyler, TX 104K
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Using Marshall's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Marshall area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Marshall against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Harrison County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.