Fountaintown vs Marion

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

Fountaintown 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 (361 vs 137 in Fountaintown). Marion has the higher median home value ($320,800 vs $166,700 in Fountaintown). Since 2019, Marion's population has grown faster (+74.4% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fountaintown	Marion
Population	137	361
Median age	69.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$98,144
Median home value	$166,700	$320,800
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	90	171
Homeownership rate	64.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountaintown	Marion
Population	137 → 137 (+0.0%)	207 → 361 (+74.4%)
Median household income	—	$66,635 → $98,144 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $166,700 (+9.5%)	$273,400 → $320,800 (+17.3%)

Fountaintown

Population

137137

Median home value

$152,200$166,700

Marion

Population

207361

Median household income

$66,635$98,144

Median home value

$273,400$320,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountaintown	Marion
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	3.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	22.4%
55 to 64	21.2%	31.0%
65 to 74	43.8%	0.0%
75 and over	12.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountaintown	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountaintown	Marion
No high school diploma	15.5%	14.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountaintown	Marion
Drove alone	84.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	16.0%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountaintown	Marion
1-unit, detached	85.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountaintown	Marion
Poverty rate	28.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.52	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1951	1987