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Marion, SC

6,338 Population
4.5 square miles 1,415.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Marion County: 43 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,016 ±$2,938 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $22,676 ±$1,804
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$27,767 ±$3,746 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marion County: $34,501 † ±$4,155
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

27.5% ±8.6% (1,708  ±535) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 27.3% † 7,807 (±3.3% / ±947)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

27.2 minutes ±4.3 (56,610  ±12,681) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 28.6 291,270 (±1.7 / ±25,843)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,529 ±265 Number of households
  • Marion County: 11,788 ±402
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.3 (6,272  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marion County: 2.4 28,680 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

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

Housing

2,898 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 14,418 ±51
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$119,400 ±$16,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Marion County: $86,800 † ±$12,648
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

4.8% ±3% (304  ±192.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marion County: 6.8% † 1,965 (±2% / ±574.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

86% ±9.8% (4,111  ±558.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 84% 16,955 (±4.7% / ±987.7)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
19.3% ±5.1% (921  ±251.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marion County: 13.8% † 2,781 (±2% / ±412)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

0.8% ±0.9% (50  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 1.8% 524
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8% ±3.7% (400  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marion County: 5.9% † 1,323 (±1.2% / ±272)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
400 Total veterans ±188 400 Male ±188 N/A Female ±20

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