Marion vs Uniontown

A side-by-side comparison of Marion and Uniontown: population, income, housing, and more.

Marion and Uniontown are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marion has the higher population (2,994 vs 1,655 in Uniontown). Marion has the higher median household income ($38,221 vs $31,071 in Uniontown). Marion has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $69,300 in Uniontown).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Uniontown
Population	2,994	1,655
Median age	23.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,221	$31,071
Median home value	$108,300	$69,300
Median gross rent	$533	$487
Housing units	1,040	811
Homeownership rate	45.7%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	32.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Uniontown
Population	3,275 → 2,994 (-8.6%)	1,880 → 1,655 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$22,662 → $38,221 (+68.7%)	$17,000 → $31,071 (+82.8%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $108,300 (+44.4%)	$60,400 → $69,300 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$371 → $533 (+43.7%)	$492 → $487 (-1.0%)

Marion

Population

3,2752,994

Median household income

$22,662$38,221

Median home value

$75,000$108,300

Median gross rent

$371$533

Uniontown

Population

1,8801,655

Median household income

$17,000$31,071

Median home value

$60,400$69,300

Median gross rent

$492$487

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Uniontown
Under 5	5.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	26.3%
18 to 24	34.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.0%
75 and over	8.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Uniontown
White (non-Hispanic)	29.5%	5.0%
Black or African American	69.6%	94.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Uniontown
No high school diploma	18.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Uniontown
Drove alone	70.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	18.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Uniontown
1-unit, detached	45.8%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	41.1%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Uniontown
Poverty rate	17.8%	49.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1984	1986