Johnston City vs Marion

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

Johnston City 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 3,351 in Johnston City). Marion has the higher median household income ($57,281 vs $46,629 in Johnston City). Marion has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $84,500 in Johnston City).

Population, income & housing

	Johnston City	Marion
Population	3,351	16,796
Median age	44.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,629	$57,281
Median home value	$84,500	$145,300
Median gross rent	$830	$878
Housing units	1,707	8,804
Homeownership rate	79.4%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnston City	Marion
Population	3,450 → 3,351 (-2.9%)	17,595 → 16,796 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$38,696 → $46,629 (+20.5%)	$43,502 → $57,281 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $84,500 (+28.4%)	$115,500 → $145,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $830 (+56.0%)	$740 → $878 (+18.6%)

Johnston City

Population

3,4503,351

Median household income

$38,696$46,629

Median home value

$65,800$84,500

Median gross rent

$532$830

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)

	Johnston City	Marion
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.5%
75 and over	10.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnston City	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnston City	Marion
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	24.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnston City	Marion
Drove alone	84.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.2%
Public transit	2.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnston City	Marion
1-unit, detached	78.4%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Johnston City	Marion
Poverty rate	14.8%	16.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1953	1979