Marshville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,522 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Marshville is the 274th largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Marshville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Marshville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Marshville who work in maintenance occupations (11.53%), office and administrative support (8.74%), and food service (7.48%).
Also of interest is that Marshville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Marshville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Marshville, the average commute to work is 30.60 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Marshville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Marshville ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.35% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Marshville in 2018 was $16,729, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,916 for a family of four.
Marshville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Marshville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marshville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Marshville include Scots-Irish, English, German, African, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Marshville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.