Marion vs Sweetser

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

Marion and Sweetser 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 1,115 in Sweetser). Sweetser has the higher median household income ($77,578 vs $43,349 in Marion). Sweetser has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $83,200 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Sweetser
Population	27,384	1,115
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,349	$77,578
Median home value	$83,200	$136,300
Median gross rent	$760	$1,080
Housing units	12,906	466
Homeownership rate	58.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Sweetser
Population	27,956 → 27,384 (-2.0%)	1,292 → 1,115 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$32,977 → $43,349 (+31.5%)	$58,426 → $77,578 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $83,200 (+22.7%)	$98,400 → $136,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $760 (+12.9%)	$697 → $1,080 (+54.9%)

Marion

Population

27,95627,384

Median household income

$32,977$43,349

Median home value

$67,800$83,200

Median gross rent

$673$760

Sweetser

Population

1,2921,115

Median household income

$58,426$77,578

Median home value

$98,400$136,300

Median gross rent

$697$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Sweetser
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	18.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.4%
75 and over	7.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Sweetser
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Sweetser
No high school diploma	14.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Sweetser
Drove alone	71.2%	88.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Sweetser
1-unit, detached	70.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Sweetser
Poverty rate	27.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1958	1967