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Marcus city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Marcus city is a Census city of 1,180 people across 1.53 square miles of land, in Cherokee County. Median household income is $77,981, 82.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Marcus
What Marcus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.53 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land772
- County holding the largest share of its areaCherokee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marcus
How many people live in Marcus
- Population1,180
- Median age43.9 plus or minus 10.5
- Population under 18227 plus or minus 70
- Share under 1819.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over352 plus or minus 84
- Share 65 and over29.8 percent
- Households499
- Family households284 plus or minus 62
- Share of households that are families56.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marcus
Income and work in Marcus
- Median household income$77,981 plus or minus $26,712
- Per capita income$51,031 plus or minus $11,981
- Civilian labor force665 plus or minus 160
- Employed651 plus or minus 154
- Unemployed14 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over875
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.9 percent plus or minus 21.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marcus
Housing in Marcus
- Housing units545
- Occupied units499
- Vacant units46 plus or minus 43
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Owner occupied412
- Renter occupied87 plus or minus 57
- Ownership rate82.6 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$200,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$639 plus or minus $238
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Single family units456
- Share single family83.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more89 plus or minus 61
- Share in buildings of two or more16.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marcus
How Marcus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute610 plus or minus 147
- Commuting under 15 minutes286 plus or minus 77
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more128 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Drove alone85.4 percent plus or minus 29.0
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marcus
SBA 504 lending to Marcus borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$336,000
- Average approval$336,000
- Median approval$336,000
- Largest approval$336,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cherokee County, not Marcus
Cherokee County context, not Marcus figures
These are Cherokee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Marcus measurements.
- Establishments in Cherokee County340
- Employment at those establishments, Cherokee County4,505
- Covered employment, Cherokee County4,858
- Average annual pay, Cherokee County$50,452
- Average weekly wage, Cherokee County$970
- Housing units permitted, Cherokee County71
- Of those, single family, Cherokee County15
- County product, 2024, Cherokee County$1,086,764,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cherokee County7.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cherokee County$52,667
Every figure in this section is published for Cherokee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Marcus. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Marcus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Marcus, Iowa?
1,180, in 499 households. Marcus city covers 1.53 square miles of land, which is 772 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Marcus in?
Cherokee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Marcus?
$77,981. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $200,000. Median gross rent is $639 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Marcus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cherokee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Marcus.
Is zoning published for Marcus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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