Fairland vs Marion

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

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

Fairland has the higher population (626 vs 361 in Marion). Marion has the higher median household income ($98,144 vs $47,500 in Fairland). Marion has the higher median home value ($320,800 vs $179,900 in Fairland).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Marion
Population	626	361
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$98,144
Median home value	$179,900	$320,800
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	325	171
Homeownership rate	89.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Marion
Population	612 → 626 (+2.3%)	207 → 361 (+74.4%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $47,500 (-8.7%)	$66,635 → $98,144 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $179,900 (+46.3%)	$273,400 → $320,800 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $867 (+2.5%)	—

Fairland

Population

612626

Median household income

$52,000$47,500

Median home value

$123,000$179,900

Median gross rent

$846$867

Marion

Population

207361

Median household income

$66,635$98,144

Median home value

$273,400$320,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Marion
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	3.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	19.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	22.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	31.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	0.0%
75 and over	19.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Marion
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	55.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Marion
Drove alone	82.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Marion
1-unit, detached	89.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Marion
Poverty rate	8.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1938	1987