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Marion, NC

7,594 Population
6 square miles 1,271.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,340 ±$2,437 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $29,555 ±$1,487
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,472 ±$13,046 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $55,527 ±$3,603
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

24.2% ±6.3% (1,568  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 14% † 6,057 (±1.7% / ±731)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.1 minutes ±6.7 (62,865  ±16,643) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 24.9 431,290 (±1.3 / ±26,782)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,712 ±212 Number of households
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 18,445 ±450
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (6,452  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 2.3 43,218 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9.5% ±6.2% (161  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 6.2% † 579 (±2.5% / ±230)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,108 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 21,475 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$131,100 ±$26,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $168,300 ±$12,433
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.1% ±4.7% (987  ±352.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,534 (±1.9% / ±836)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

78.4% ±6.7% (4,148  ±442.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 86.1% 28,151 (±3.8% / ±1,265.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.2% ±3.8% (753  ±204) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 17.6% † 5,739 (±1.9% / ±606)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.1% ±3.5% (1,220  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 3.9% 1,718
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

2.9% ±1.3% (175  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,778 (±1% / ±356)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
175 Total veterans ±81 167 Male ±78 8 Female ±13

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