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West Marion, NC

1,018 Population
1.5 square miles 685.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,127 ±$4,415 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $29,555 ±$1,487
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$38,523 ±$6,624 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $55,527 ±$3,603
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

19.1% ±13.7% (194  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 14% † 6,057 (±1.7% / ±731)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.4 minutes ±3.4 (6,700  ±3,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 24.9 431,290 (±1.3 / ±26,782)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

498 ±131 Number of households
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 18,445 ±450
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.3 (1,018  ±298) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 2.3 43,218 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

596 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 21,475 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$123,300 ±$76,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $168,300 ±$12,433
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

22.7% ±19.9% (231  ±213.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,534 (±1.9% / ±836)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.6% ±36.2% (568  ±156.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 86.1% 28,151 (±3.8% / ±1,265.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
12.7% ±9% (79  ±60.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

2.4% ±3.3% (24  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 3.9% 1,718
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.8% ±4.9% (52  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,778 (±1% / ±356)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
52 Total veterans ±40 52 Male ±40 N/A Female ±14

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