Cambria vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (16,796 vs 1,271 in Cambria). Marion has the higher median household income ($57,281 vs $51,042 in Cambria). Marion has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $140,100 in Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Marion
Population	1,271	16,796
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$57,281
Median home value	$140,100	$145,300
Median gross rent	$973	$878
Housing units	752	8,804
Homeownership rate	40.4%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Marion
Population	1,239 → 1,271 (+2.6%)	17,595 → 16,796 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,042 (+15.8%)	$43,502 → $57,281 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $140,100 (+84.1%)	$115,500 → $145,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $973 (+34.6%)	$740 → $878 (+18.6%)

Cambria

Population

1,2391,271

Median household income

$44,063$51,042

Median home value

$76,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$723$973

Marion

Population

17,59516,796

Median household income

$43,502$57,281

Median home value

$115,500$145,300

Median gross rent

$740$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Marion
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	23.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.5%
75 and over	4.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	5.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Marion
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	29.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Marion
Drove alone	91.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Marion
1-unit, detached	45.7%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Marion
Poverty rate	16.3%	16.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1997	1979