Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety62#5,989/15,637
Economy41#9,295/15,631
Housing77#3,475/14,977
Health35#10,088/15,609
Healthcare47#8,331/15,650
Environment75#3,860/15,453
Education83#2,619/15,649
Infrastructure40#9,329/15,650
Community70#4,734/15,651
Leisure & amenities79#3,278/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Marysville, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Average commute time · low9.2 min
100/100Kansas 19.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · high6.1 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMarshall County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high3.0 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value
Child care cost burden · low17.3%
99/100Kansas 18.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Kansas 28%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMarshall County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low98 min
97/100Kansas 129 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarshall County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Kansas 9.4United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low45.7%
8/100Kansas 80.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Distance to an airport · high104 mi
9/100Kansas 51 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMarshall County value
Preventable hospital stays · high3,886 /100k
11/100Kansas 2,534 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Mental health providers · low91 /100k
13/100Kansas 266 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Average weekly wage · low$977
15/100Kansas $1,216United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
31.2% (2015-2019) → 61.7% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.5% (2015-2019) → 32.3% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
17.3% (2015-2019) → 10.3% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,214 (2015-2019) → $55,386 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 85.2% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
20.9% (2015-2019) → 23.8% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Marysville, Kansas improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+28%$43,214 → $55,386

Declined2

Rent burden+31 points31.2% → 61.7%
Rent / income+7.8 points24.5% → 32.3%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Marysville, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.6 min2015-2019	9.2 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	1.67%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4672020-2024	+0.015	Within the margin of error	38%
Median household income	$43,2142015-2019	$55,3862020-2024	+28%	Improved	51%
Poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent as share of income	24.5%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Declined	13%
Rent-burdened households	31.2%2015-2019	61.7%2020-2024	+31 points	Declined	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Marysville, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Marysville, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Marysville, Kansas itself moved −14.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,422 residents (±50)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−4.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,422 residents (±50)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

White89%3,036
Black1.5%†53
Hispanic or Latino3.6%†123
Asian0.7%†25
American Indian and Alaska Native0.7%†24
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.7%†161

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,295 residents (±150)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma7.1%†163
High school or GED42%960
Some college21%471
Associate degree6.7%†154
Bachelor's degree14%†331
Graduate degree9.4%†216

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,375 households (±102)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k19%†256
$25k–50k24%†331
$50k–75k17%†233
$75k–100k16%†223
$100k–150k12%†170
$150k–200k4.9%†68
$200k or more6.8%†94

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,375 households (±102)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Own74%1,017
Rent26%†358

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

358 households (±129)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75060%†214
$750–1,00018%†65
$1,000–1,5005.6%†20

Home values

1,017 homes (±101)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k61%616
$150k–250k26%†264
$250k–400k10%†104

Age of homes

1,671 homes (±104)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later8.4%†140
2000–20096.6%†110
1980–199912%†204

Size of homes

1,671 homes (±104)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio6.3%†106
1 bedroom8.2%†137
2 bedrooms36%604

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,608 workers (±165)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone70%1,120
Carpool15%†249
Public transit1.1%†18
Walk8.6%†139
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.7%†59
Other1.4%†23

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,549 workers (±162)

Marysville, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min81%1,260
15–29 min15%†225
30–44 min1.5%†23

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Marshall County, the county holding most of Marysville's residents.

Marshall County has 364 employer establishments, 367 for every 10,000 residents (1.48× the US rate of 248; 1.42× Kansas's), with 3,861 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,682. The Census Bureau also counts 790 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 364; 790 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 367; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 3,861
Average annual pay: $53,682; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Marshall County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	22	22.2	1.43×More than typical	59	$38,542	58
Truck transportation	20	20.1	3.98×More than typical	56	$54,286	29
Ambulatory health care services	18	18.1	0.87×About typical	143	$66,329	18
Religious organizations	16	16.1	2.90×More than typical	44	$16,523	—
Construction of buildings	15	15.1	2.00×More than typical	69	$36,493	32
Restaurants and other eating places	14	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	132	$17,652	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	12.1	2.75×More than typical	24	$33,542	22
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	11.1	2.20×More than typical	47	$45,553	26
Building equipment contractors	11	11.1	1.84×More than typical	18	$38,944	13
Banks and credit unions	10	10.1	3.12×More than typical	101	$70,693	—
Full-service restaurants	9	9.1	1.18×Too few to compare	59	$18,390	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	8	8.1	1.98×Too few to compare	34	$46,176	8

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,930 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $23.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Marysville, Kansas: $6.83 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $23.4K; −74% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.83; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 34%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Land Management$6,67629%
Defense Logistics Agency$6,42027%
Department of Energy$4,23718%
Department of State$3,07813%
Federal Aviation Administration$2,96413%

Top recipients

LANDOLL COMPANY, LLC$23.4K100%

Spending by fiscal year

42.2KFY2017
47.4KFY2018
73.7KFY2019
117KFY2020
101.1KFY2021
56.7KFY2022
10.2KFY2023
92.6KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$17K73%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$5,59424%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$4772.0%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$3211.4%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$24.510.1%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$1.98

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Marysville, Kansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Marysville, Kansas's figures are part of those of Marshall County, KS ($909K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Marysville is mostly in Marshall County.

See federal money in Marshall County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Marysville, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tracey MannR-KS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Marshall County71100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Marshall County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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