Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety57#1,346/3,096
Economy48#1,633/3,143
Housing82#565/3,140
Health58#1,332/3,144
Healthcare66#1,059/3,143
Environment75#782/3,108
Education27#2,293/3,144
Infrastructure63#1,176/3,144
Community82#577/3,144
Leisure & amenities56#1,370/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Marshall County, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.385
99/100Iowa 0.444United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Iowa 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Rent-burdened households · low32.4%
95/100Iowa 43.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drug overdose deaths · low8.7 /100k
92/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Mammography screening · high56.0%
92/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · low3.8 mi
91/100Iowa 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high6.4%
5/100Iowa 3.5%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Adult obesity · high44.4%
5/100Iowa 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low7.1 /1k
5/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100Iowa 10.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100Iowa 0.7%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Effective property tax rate · high1.29%
14/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
54% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−54 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.8% (2010 & 2021) → 82.6% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
4.4 /1k (2020) → 7.1 /1k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.5% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.5 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
175 /100k (2021) → 250 /100k (2025)
+43%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, Marshall County, Iowa improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Rent burden−8.3 points40.7% → 32.4%
Violent crime−38%456 /100k → 283 /100k
New businesses+64%4.4 /1k → 7.1 /1k
Bachelor's++3.8 points18.8% → 22.6%
Broadband+11 points76.5% → 87.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Marshall County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	+8.3%	Within the margin of error	56%
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	19.9 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Average weekly wage	$9462020	$1,1242025	+19%	Improved	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	76.5%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	59%
Child poverty rate	15.2%2019	15.9%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Distance to an airport	51 mi2020	51 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.0 /100k2020	8.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−13%	Within the margin of error	36%
Effective property tax rate	1.43%2015-2019	1.29%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Firearm deaths	11.5 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	29%
Grocery stores	3.0 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	21%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	83.8%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	80%
Homicide rate	3.3 /100k2020	2.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	46%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,6512019	$61,7832024	+27%	Improved	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4052015-2019	0.3852020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$55,6312019	$68,6602024	+23%	Improved	42%
New business applications	4.4 /1k2020	7.1 /1k2025	+64%	Improved	72%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−40%	Within the margin of error	9%
Poverty rate	13.0%2019	12.4%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Property crime rate	1,482 /100k2020	1,248 /100k2025	−16%	Improved	22%
Public libraries	1.8 /10k2019	1.7 /10k2024	−1.6%	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	25.2%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	40.7%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Improved	87%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	−5.8%	Within the margin of error	34%
Students per teacher	14.3×2019	14.0×2024	−0.2×	Little change	33%
Suicide rate	16.7 /100k2020	25.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+50%	Within the margin of error	6%
Traffic deaths	14.5 /100k2015-2019	13.0 /100k2020-2024	−10%	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2020	6.4%2025	+0.2 points	Little change	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2019	8.8%2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Violent crime rate	456 /100k2020	283 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	77%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Marshall County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Marshall County, Iowa 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, Marshall County, Iowa itself moved −3.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

40,114 residents

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: 10–19 women (+1.8 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

40,114 residents

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

White66%26,461
Black1.6%†624
Hispanic or Latino25%9,875
Asian4.1%1,631
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†100
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.5%1,423

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.9 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

26,501 residents (±102)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

No high school diploma13%3,479
High school or GED33%8,843
Some college20%5,210
Associate degree11%2,990
Bachelor's degree15%4,012
Graduate degree7.4%1,967

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−3.0 points).

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

15,496 households (±282)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k12%1,933
$25k–50k20%3,054
$50k–75k19%2,941
$75k–100k17%2,674
$100k–150k20%3,077
$150k–200k7.3%1,127
$200k or more4.5%690

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.3 points).

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

15,496 households (±282)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own75%11,622
Rent25%3,874

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.5 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

3,580 households (±398)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $75035%1,246
$750–1,00032%1,132
$1,000–1,50025%885

Home values

11,622 homes (±375)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $150k52%6,007
$150k–250k29%3,380
$250k–400k12%1,380

Age of homes

16,937 homes (±42)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

2010 or later4.5%762
2000–20096.3%1,062
1980–199912%1,969

Size of homes

16,937 homes (±42)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Studio0.6%†104
1 bedroom9.1%1,535
2 bedrooms27%4,563

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

19,557 workers (±492)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone77%15,059
Carpool12%2,416
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.9%†566
Bike0.1%†25
Work from home7.1%1,389
Other0.5%†102

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−3.7 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

18,168 workers (±531)

Marshall County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under 15 min55%9,928
15–29 min24%4,379
30–44 min8.5%1,543

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Marshalltown, IA

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.

Marshall County has 786 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Iowa's), with 13,187 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,421. The Census Bureau also counts 2,132 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 786; 2,132 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 13,187
Average annual pay: $51,421; 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	68	17	1.10×About typical	266	$64,248	194
Ambulatory health care services	57	14.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	621	$76,441	47
Restaurants and other eating places	46	11.5	0.62×Fewer than typical	940	$17,277	12
Religious organizations	37	9.2	1.66×More than typical	183	$19,727	—
Full-service restaurants	24	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	417	$16,367	4
Lessors of real estate	24	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	612	$49,658	195
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	5.5	1.09×About typical	102	$49,245	43
Insurance agencies and brokerages	21	5.2	1.19×About typical	84	$61,250	34
Truck transportation	21	5.2	1.04×About typical	120	$57,667	64
Building equipment contractors	20	5	0.83×About typical	137	$57,825	37
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	20	5	1.58×More than typical	47	$63,000	51
Limited-service restaurants	20	5	0.62×Fewer than typical	483	$18,166	5

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,087 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1M on contracts performed in Marshall County, Iowa: $25.96 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1M
Per resident: $25.96; US $1,994
Sole-source: 39%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.2%; 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 Ocean Energy Management$575.2K56%
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences$310K30%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$47.3K4.6%
U.S. Marshals Service$37.6K3.6%
Department of the Army$28.4K2.7%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$20.8K2.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs$16.4K1.6%

Top recipients

MECHDYNE CORPORATION$932.6K90%
RACOM CORPORATION$86.8K8.4%
IOWA STATE OF IOWA VETERANS HOME$16.4K1.6%
SECURE SHRED SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.-$92.000.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.2MFY2017
4.1MFY2018
22.8MFY2019
6.5MFY2020
3MFY2021
3.4MFY2022
14.1MFY2023
8.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$575.2K56%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$310K30%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$47.3K4.6%
Other telecommunications · 5179$28.4K2.7%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$22.6K2.2%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$20.8K

Largest awards

WIDE AREA VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM//S/A CLARIFIED DESCRIPTION//$7.8M
MECHDYNE CORPORATION· Marshall County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· May 9, 2024 – Mar 31, 2026· HU000124P0037
BOEM GOA VISUALIZATION RM TECH REFRESH$575.2K
MECHDYNE CORPORATION· Marshall County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 140M0126P0012
SAYLORVILLE LAKE FY22 RACOM RADIO ACCESS$92.2K
RACOM CORPORATION· Marshall County, IA· IT & telecom· Mar 23, 2022 – May 4, 2026· W912EK22C0004
FY23-27 D30 RACOM HAND-HELD RADIO SERVICE

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $247.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Marshall County, Iowa: $6,210 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $247.7M; −2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,210; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$163.5M66%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$18.4M7.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$18.4M7.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$11.8M4.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.9M2.0%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.7M1.9%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$4.5M1.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$2.9M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$10.1M4.1%
AMES, IA
IA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$3.2M1.3%
MARSHALLTOWN, IA
CITY OF MARSHALLTOWN$1.4M0.6%
MARSHALLTOWN, IA
EDGEBROOK PARK APARTMENTS$446.9K0.2%
MARSHALLTOWN, IA
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$333.9K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$198.5M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$22.7M9.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$10.1M4.1%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$4.7M1.9%
Farm Service Agency$3.9M1.6%

Assistance by fiscal year

230.7MFY2021
217.7MFY2022
226.7MFY2023
231.4MFY2024
254.1MFY2025
247.7MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Marshall County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Marshall County, Iowa
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$29.65	$1,436
FY2018	$103	$1,552
FY2019	$577	$1,654
FY2020	$162	$1,880
FY2021	$75.86	$1,810
FY2022	$85.84	$1,917
FY2023	$353	$2,079
FY2024	$223	$2,047
FY2025	-$8.45	$2,165
FY2026	$25.96 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$317	$5,748
FY2022	$414	$5,221
FY2023	$598	$5,364
FY2024	$398	$5,501
FY2025	$91.81	$5,732
FY2026	$285

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$9.11	$298
FY2022	$203	$357
FY2023	-$7.07	$301
FY2024	$72.41	$319
FY2025	$72.82	$360
FY2026	$253

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$45.47	$239
FY2022	$54.13	$185
FY2023	$185	$229
FY2024	$43.30	$229
FY2025	$65.56	$249
FY2026	$59.50

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$112	$2,304
FY2022	$98.60	$2,197
FY2023	$100	$2,274
FY2024	$110	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$699	$1,186
FY2022	$59.88	$465
FY2023	-$0.40	$76.52
FY2024	-$0.14	$120
FY2025	$1.28	$148
FY2026	$0.63

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Marshall County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Marshall County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.3%	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2019, Federal contracts: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.
FY2023, Housing assistance: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19127

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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.

Marshall County, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Randy FeenstraR-IA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Marshall County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Marshalltown, IA68Central county

Cities and towns in Marshall County

Places whose residents live mostly in Marshall County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	−9.7%	−4.2%
2015	−3.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.1%	+3.3%
2018	+1.9%	+6.8%
2019	+4.4%	+10.5%
2020	+11.8%	+19.4%
2021	+15.0%	+26.1%
2022	+20.6%	+30.6%
2023	+22.9%	+35.0%
2024	+26.5%	+41.0%
2025	+32.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	−7.1%	−5.5%
2015	−2.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.1%	+4.1%
2018	+0.9%	+8.9%
2019	+4.3%	+13.5%
2020	+11.3%	+20.8%
2021	+22.0%	+32.1%
2022	+19.6%	+35.4%
2023	+20.3%	+42.9%
2024	+26.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	−6.3%	−6.9%
2015	+0.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−5.9%	+4.7%
2018	+11.0%	+7.5%
2019	+3.7%	+14.0%
2020	+19.9%	+16.9%
2021	+18.4%	+21.0%
2022	+30.1%	+29.7%
2023	+19.3%	+34.9%
2024	+28.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	13.0%	15.5%
2015	11.3%	14.7%
2016	12.2%	14.0%
2017	12.7%	13.4%
2018	11.3%	13.1%
2019	13.0%	12.3%
2020	10.1%	11.9%
2021	11.6%	12.8%
2022	11.1%	12.6%
2023	12.0%	12.5%
2024	12.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	4.4%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	6.2%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	4.9%	3.7%
2023	5.8%	3.6%
2024	5.8%	4.0%
2025	6.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	−9.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+25.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+32.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+60.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+69.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+75.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	9.7%	13.5%
2015	8.7%	10.9%
2016	7.6%	10.0%
2017	8.1%	10.2%
2018	7.6%	10.4%
2019	7.6%	10.8%
2020	8.8%	10.4%
2021	9.2%	10.2%
2022	6.9%	9.5%
2023	8.1%	9.5%
2024	8.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Marshall County, Iowa	United States
2014	3.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	5.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	5.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.1/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved9

Declined0

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Improved9

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