Earle vs Marion

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

Earle 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 1,421 in Earle). Marion has the higher median household income ($80,637 vs $26,985 in Earle). Marion has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $93,300 in Earle).

Population, income & housing

	Earle	Marion
Population	1,421	13,641
Median age	36.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,985	$80,637
Median home value	$93,300	$206,300
Median gross rent	$591	$1,058
Housing units	816	5,315
Homeownership rate	36.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earle	Marion
Population	2,190 → 1,421 (-35.1%)	12,404 → 13,641 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$34,063 → $26,985 (-20.8%)	$73,459 → $80,637 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $93,300 (+46.9%)	$153,900 → $206,300 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $591 (-12.7%)	$859 → $1,058 (+23.2%)

Earle

Population

2,1901,421

Median household income

$34,063$26,985

Median home value

$63,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$677$591

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)

	Earle	Marion
Under 5	9.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	6.6%
75 and over	2.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earle	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	51.8%
Black or African American	74.5%	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	14.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earle	Marion
No high school diploma	31.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earle	Marion
Drove alone	49.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	43.2%	11.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earle	Marion
1-unit, detached	69.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	16.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Earle	Marion
Poverty rate	45.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1971	1999