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Marion, SC

6,206 Population
4.5 square miles 1,386.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±9.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion County: 42.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,210 ±$3,882 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $22,884 ±$1,725
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,662 ±$4,782 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marion County: $36,301 † ±$5,615
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±9.8% (1,637  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marion County: 30% † 8,514 (±3.9% / ±1,100)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±4.3 (49,965  ±11,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marion County: 28.3 274,765 (±2 / ±28,166)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,520 ±338 Number of households
  • Marion County: 12,177 ±376
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (6,162  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion County: 2.3 28,437 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±3% (20  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marion County: 3.9% † 242 (±2.1% / ±128)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,952 ±354 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 14,505 ±35
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,300 ±$34,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Marion County: $93,200 ±$9,215
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±5.2% (495  ±321.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Marion County: 8.4% † 2,387 (±2.2% / ±624.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±10% (4,079  ±566) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 86.2% 17,407 (±4.6% / ±964.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±5.4% (918  ±258.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marion County: 14.5% † 2,920 (±2% / ±407.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.3% ±0.4% (17  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Marion County: 1.4% 402
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.8% (336  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 6.5% † 1,451 (±1.1% / ±245)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
336 Total veterans ±182 336 Male ±182 N/A Female ±20

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