Events

Marshalltown offers many fun and family friendly events drawing in residents and visitors from all over the area.

  • Independence Day, a local fireworks festival.
  • Central Iowa Fair.
  • Marshalltown Art Festival, an annual event featuring incredible, top-notch artwork from talented artists across the U.S.
  • Oktemberfest “Iowa’s BEST Family Fall Festival” (end of September) featuring:

    – A classic car show.
    – Color run.
    – Grand parade.
    – Great bands, crafters and merchants.
    – A four-day carnival.

  • Holiday Stroll, downtown’s annual welcome to the holidays, comes alive with:- Festive music.
    – Live entertainment.
    – Holiday displays.
    – Food vendors.
    – Tree festival.
    – Lighted parade.
    – Horse-drawn carriage rides.
    – Santa’s Workshop with visits from Mrs. Claus and Santa himself.

 

For more information on these and many other activities, visit the Marshalltown Community Calendar at marshalltown.org/events.


Arts and Culture

The Marshalltown area is rich in both art and cultural treasures and opportunities such as:

Postwar impressionist art collection at Fisher Community Center.

All-Iowan Actors exhibit at IVCCD’s Orpheum Theater Center.

Mowry Irvine Mansion, home to the Historical Society of Marshall County.

One-room schoolhouse and working blacksmith shop.

Martha-Ellen Tye Playhouse, home to Marshalltown Community Theatre.

Marshalltown High School/Community Auditorium, home to Live On Stage – Marshalltown.

Echo, outdoor public art in the revitalized historic 13th Street District.

Downtown’s artsy pedestrian walkway.

Numerous sculpture collections including Christian Petersen’s final piece, “Dedication to the Future.”

Drills, outdoor public art at the renovated Marshalltown High School Roundhouse.

Iowa Funeral Home Museum and Education Center, the first Iowa facility of its kind and one of three in the nation.

A multitude of unique art centers, galleries, museums, preserved local historical sites and pottery/sculpture collections.

Live music year-round.


Shopping

Satisfy the desire for unique and creative gift shopping right here in Marshalltown, offering:

• A Main Street community with an historic downtown Central Business District.

• A renovated historic 13th Street District.

• Numerous neighborhood shopping complexes and malls.

• Unique, locally owned shops.

• Well-stocked national brand stores.

Find everything from apparel, jewelry and home décor to collectibles, gift items and specialty artwork. Established reputations with personal attention are just two of the benefits local shopping offers.


Dining

It might be hard to choose where to eat simply because the Marshalltown area has almost 70 dining options! Whether the craving is for fine dining, casual options, ethnic cuisine, pizza, quick eats, a java fix or sweet treats, Marshalltown serves up global flavors accented with Midwestern flair. All these options reflect the diverse and culturally rich social fabric of the city itself. For details on all the restaurant choices, refer to the Marshalltown Convention & Visitors Bureau’s handy publication, “MARSHALLTOWN: A Guide to Local Eateries.” A digital copy is available at marshalltown.org/visit.


Lodging

Whether in Marshalltown on pleasure or business, visitors will revel in the variety of inviting options for comfortable lodging within the community. More than 550 guest rooms are available, ranging from luxurious spaces in historic downtown Marshalltown to modern surroundings of contemporary hotels (including recent construction) and the homey accommodations of a bed-and-breakfast establishment. Offering a pleasant home away from home, these hospitality purveyors provide fine accommodations and amenities such as complimentary breakfast, fitness equipment, free Wi-Fi, swimming pools and in-room cable television.


Worship

Fostering community through spiritual connections

Marshalltown prides itself on having a progressive and diversified community – a quality easily visible through the medley of faith communities established here. Nearly 40 houses of worship call Marshalltown home, representing a wide variety of belief systems.

Both traditional and contemporary worship services held throughout the week are complemented by a wide assortment of spiritual services and programs for all ages. Youth groups, faith-based education, support fellowships, community-wide events and the like fortify the offerings of each distinct place of worship. A great majority of the area’s fellowships are highly active in the general community as well, working together for the betterment of the community as a whole.


Family

A welcoming community offering a quality life with small-town values at a relaxed pace, Marshalltown is an ideal place to raise a family. The friendly neighborhoods with tree-lined streets have a natural charm that welcomes families of all sizes and stages.

Family-friendly recreation opportunities and events abound, including:

  • The MEGA-10 Park, which offers:
    – The Children’s Discovery Garden.
    – An irresistible playground complete with gravity rail zip-line.
  • Nature playscape at GrimesFarm Conservation Center, touting the latest in back-to-nature interactive play opportunities.
  • Family Aquatic Center.
  • Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA, a state-of-the-art facility.
  • Oktemberfest, dubbed “Iowa’s BEST Family Fall Festival.”
  • Holiday Stroll.
  • Marshalltown High School and Marshalltown Community College sporting events.

For more “something for everyone” opportunities, visit www.marshalltown.org/events.

Population (2017 estimate) 27,328
Median Age (2010) 40.5 years

Households
Total number of households (2015) 10,029
Average household size (2015) 2.5
Median household income (2015 $45,696

Housing:
Owner-occupied housing units (2010) 7,183
Renter-occupied housing units (2010) 2,676
Vacant units (2010) 967
Total housing units (2010) 10,827
Median housing value (2010) $68,852
Educational attainment Age 25+ (2010)
Associate degree 9.9%
Bachelor’s degree 12.8%
Graduate or professional degree 7.2%

Sources: Quick Facts about Marshalltown in the “Welcome to Marshalltown. Welcome Home” publication, Marshall Economic Development web page https://www.marshalltown.org/build/economic-data/


Health Care

The accessibility of high-quality and affordable health care is very important to the citizens of Marshalltown and the Central Iowa area. Anchored by committed medical providers, the local health care community is continually pushing forward to utilize the latest technologies and techniques in order to offer residents the care they need right at conveniently located local facilities.

UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown

  • Forty-nine-bed, acute care hospital.
  • Four primary care medical clinics.
  • State-of-the-art medical park, offering:

– Award-winning Wound Healing Center with advanced treatment options, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers for hard-
to-heal wounds. The wound healing center has received the Center of Distinction Award for two consecutive years in recognition of achieving outstanding clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction and wound healing rates.

– Four surgical suites.
– Imaging lab.
– Urgent care.
– Therapy services.

• State-of-the-art Cardiovascular Cath Lab comprising the most advanced practices and technology in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, as well as peripheral vascular disease.

McFarland Clinic PC

  • One of Iowa’s first clinics of its kind.
  • Largest physician-owned, multi-specialty group practice in Iowa.
  • Four clinics in three locations offering 29 specialties.
  • Main Street office is home to their Marshalltown Eye Center.
  • McFarland Express Care is housed inside the Hy-Vee Food Store and offers same-day and next-day appointments for common illnesses, brief sports/work physicals and limited immunizations.

Primary Health Care

PHC is a nonprofit community health center dedicated to serving those who experience barriers to receiving care. It includes Marshalltown Medical Clinic and Marshalltown Dental Clinic.

Private Practice

A number of private practice practitioners provide various services to the Marshalltown community including:

  • Sports medicine experts.
  • Physical therapists.
  • OB/GYN specialists.
  • Dentists.
  • Chiropractors.
  • Eyecare professionals.
  • Mental health specialists.

Access a list of these professionals at the Chamber’s online Business Directory under the category Health Care, Dental Care, Vision Care and Medical Equipment.