Metro area air quality · 2025
Marshall, TX
Median AQI 44 (Good). 64.4% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 44
- Median AQI
- 64.4%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 33%
- Cleaner than US metros
Marshall, TX posted a 2025 median AQI of 44 (Good) with 64.4% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Marshall, TX CBSA recorded a median AQI of 44 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 64.4% rated Good and 0 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Cleaner than US metros
- The Marshall, TX CBSA's 64.4% Good-day share places it cleaner than 33% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Bartlesville, OK (68.0% Good, median AQI 44) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Marshall, TX.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Marshall, TX's Good-day share moved -8.3 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +4).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 44
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Marshall, TX metro runs good on the EPA scale, more polluted than the median US metro, a median AQI of 44 with 64.4% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 44
- median AQI · Good
- 64.4%
- days rated Good
- 33%
- cleaner than US metros
- 100
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Marshall, TX metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 263 to 100 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -163 points.
- Marshall, TX metro's Unhealthy-category days fell from 1 to 0 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -1 days.
Insights: Marshall, TX metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 44 over 365 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Moderate metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 235 Good days (64%), 130 Moderate (36%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 59 while the highest single-day reading hit 100 (Moderate). Metro residents averaged roughly 19.3 clean-air days per 30-day window across the reporting year.
Across the 2020–2025 trend window, the share of monitored days rated Good shifted by -8.3 points and the median AQI moved +4 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as worsening. The metro recorded no Unhealthy-tier days in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Bartlesville, OK (68.0% good, AQI 44); Berlin, NH-VT (81.5% good, AQI 44); Bloomington, IL (66.0% good, AQI 44).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
44
Good
Good Days
64.4%
235 of 365 days
Max AQI
100
Moderate
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 59
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
235
64%
Moderate
130
36%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Marshall, TX metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 64.4% good air days. No unhealthy air days were recorded in 2025.
Air quality is generally acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov during high-pollution events.
How does the Marshall, TX metro compare?
How Marshall, TX compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Marshall, TX metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (72.7%, 264 of 363 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 264 | 99 | 0 | 40 | 100 |
| 2021 | 205 | 153 | 1 | 47 | 161 |
| 2022 | 164 | 159 | 1 | 51 | 181 |
| 2023 | 207 | 151 | 0 | 47 | 111 |
| 2024 | 233 | 129 | 1 | 44 | 263 |
| 2025 | 235 | 130 | 0 | 44 | 100 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Marshall, TX (44).
Bartlesville, OK
Median AQI 44 · 68.0% Good-day share
Berlin, NH-VT
Median AQI 44 · 81.5% Good-day share
Bloomington, IL
Median AQI 44 · 66.0% Good-day share
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Median AQI 44 · 71.0% Good-day share
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Median AQI 44 · 64.7% Good-day share
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
Median AQI 44 · 63.8% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Marshall, TX's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, SD
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
Aberdeen, WA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 22
Adrian, MI
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Akron, OH
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45
Albany, GA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46
Albany, OR
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset, 2020–2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.
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Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary files (metro-level) · 2020–2025
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