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Marion, IN

27,531 Population
15.7 square miles 1,753.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 38.7 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,101 ±$1,714 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Marion, IN Micro Area: $29,423 ±$1,207
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,343 ±$3,933 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Marion, IN Micro Area: $53,522 ±$3,012
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.6% ±3% (7,061  ±752) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 19.8% 12,101 (±1.8% / ±1,094)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±1.2 (188,020  ±19,348) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 22 580,505 (±1.3 / ±38,905)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,960 ±478 Number of households
  • the Marion, IN Micro Area: 26,773 ±432
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (23,742  ±647) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 2.3 60,938 (±0 / ±218)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.5% (293  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 4.5% † 695 (±1.1% / ±172)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,924 ±489 Number of housing units
  • the Marion, IN Micro Area: 29,907 ±114
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,300 ±$6,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Marion, IN Micro Area: $122,300 ±$4,945
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±2.7% (4,541  ±743.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 13.6% † 8,919 (±1.7% / ±1,134.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.5% ±4.3% (14,646  ±868.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 89.3% 39,152 (±3.2% / ±1,404.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±2.2% (2,895  ±389.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 20.3% 8,908 (±1.5% / ±656.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half 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

4% ±0.9% (1,087  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 2.8% 1,828
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.3% (1,605  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion, IN Micro Area: 8.4% † 4,367 (±0.9% / ±465)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,605 Total veterans ±290 1,478 Male ±277 127 Female ±87

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