City safety & data profile

MarionOH

Marion, OH is a 36K-resident city in Marion County with a median household income of $47,951.

Marion County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Marion, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Marion has a population larger than 70% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $119,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

36K
Population (place)
Top 30%
By size
$47,951
Median income (place)
$119,500
Median home (place)
22.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Marion

Marion posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Marion area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Marion

Where Marion income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$47,951 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Marion $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Marion, OH beyond the headline numbers

Marion sits inside Marion County, Ohio, at roughly 40.59°N, -83.13°W. Population 36,363, $47,951 median household income. Median home value $119,500, median rent $856. Poverty rate 22.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Marion, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

22.4% of Marion, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Marion runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4% of Marion workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 21.8% in Marion, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Marion from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
36,363
Marion · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,951
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$119,500
-71% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Marion County): Marion's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
65K-2%
Median Income
$59,371+39%
Median Home Value
$156,800+59%
Poverty Rate
16.6%-10%
Unemployment
6.3%-38%

Economics

Economics indicators for Marion, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$856/mo
Poverty Rate
22.4% +81% vs avg
Unemployment 9.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 10.5%
Work From Home 4%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 80.6%
African American 8.9%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
45.7%
Short Sleep Duration
44.7%
High Blood Pressure
40.9%
Physical Inactivity
35.5%
Current Smoking
21.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.9%
Binge Drinking
16.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.7%
Diabetes
15%
Current Asthma
11.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.5%
Annual Checkup 77.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
8%
Stroke
4.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
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1
★★★
0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL
MARION · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Marion?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Marion right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-MARION-OH · Marion

Marion: 16 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 16 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Marion

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 16 tagged notices on record for Marion.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Marion; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (16 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Marion, OH? ▼
Marion, OH has a population of 36,363 people, located in Marion County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Marion? ▼
The median household income in Marion, OH is $47,951 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 22.4%.
What is the median home value in Marion? ▼
The median home value in Marion, OH is $119,500. Median rent is $856/month.
What are the top health concerns in Marion? ▼
The top health indicators in Marion include Obesity (45.7%), Short Sleep Duration (44.7%), High Blood Pressure (40.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Marion? ▼
Marion has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Marion? ▼
The median age in Marion, OH is 39 years. 10.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Marion, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (22.4% here).

San Juan, TX 22.4% Marshall, TX 22.4% Roseburg, OR 22.4% Marquette, MI 22.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($47,951 here).

Augusta, ME $47,979 Morristown, TN $47,917 Belle Glade, FL $48,001 Blytheville, AR $47,865

Compare Marion with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Bucyrus, OH 12K Delaware, OH 38K Galion, OH 10K Lewis Center, OH 11K Marysville, OH 23K Powell, OH 13K Dublin, OH 45K Westerville, OH 38K
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Using Marion's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Marion area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Marion against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Marion County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.