Gas City vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (27,384 vs 6,097 in Gas City). Gas City has the higher median household income ($57,106 vs $43,349 in Marion). Gas City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $83,200 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Gas City	Marion
Population	6,097	27,384
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,106	$43,349
Median home value	$122,800	$83,200
Median gross rent	$858	$760
Housing units	2,781	12,906
Homeownership rate	72.9%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas City	Marion
Population	5,802 → 6,097 (+5.1%)	27,956 → 27,384 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $57,106 (+34.5%)	$32,977 → $43,349 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $122,800 (+38.6%)	$67,800 → $83,200 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $858 (+3.9%)	$673 → $760 (+12.9%)

Gas City

Population

5,8026,097

Median household income

$42,454$57,106

Median home value

$88,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$826$858

Marion

Population

27,95627,384

Median household income

$32,977$43,349

Median home value

$67,800$83,200

Median gross rent

$673$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas City	Marion
Under 5	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	18.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.7%
75 and over	13.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas City	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas City	Marion
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.9%
High school graduate	42.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas City	Marion
Drove alone	79.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas City	Marion
1-unit, detached	89.9%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Gas City	Marion
Poverty rate	17.1%	27.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1962	1958