Crawfordsville vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (13,641 vs 476 in Crawfordsville). Marion has the higher median household income ($80,637 vs $70,000 in Crawfordsville). Marion has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $134,100 in Crawfordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Crawfordsville	Marion
Population	476	13,641
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$80,637
Median home value	$134,100	$206,300
Median gross rent	$772	$1,058
Housing units	204	5,315
Homeownership rate	84.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawfordsville	Marion
Population	507 → 476 (-6.1%)	12,404 → 13,641 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $70,000 (+19.8%)	$73,459 → $80,637 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $134,100 (+14.1%)	$153,900 → $206,300 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $772 (+63.9%)	$859 → $1,058 (+23.2%)

Crawfordsville

Population

507476

Median household income

$58,438$70,000

Median home value

$117,500$134,100

Median gross rent

$471$772

Marion

Population

12,40413,641

Median household income

$73,459$80,637

Median home value

$153,900$206,300

Median gross rent

$859$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawfordsville	Marion
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	25.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	6.6%
75 and over	9.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawfordsville	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	51.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawfordsville	Marion
No high school diploma	23.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawfordsville	Marion
Drove alone	87.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawfordsville	Marion
1-unit, detached	77.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Crawfordsville	Marion
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.1%
Average household size	3.05	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1964	1999