Burns vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (2,010 vs 299 in Burns). Marion has the higher median household income ($60,756 vs $44,688 in Burns). Marion has the higher median home value ($89,600 vs $65,000 in Burns).

Population, income & housing

	Burns	Marion
Population	299	2,010
Median age	26.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,688	$60,756
Median home value	$65,000	$89,600
Median gross rent	$768	$688
Housing units	116	1,022
Homeownership rate	76.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns	Marion
Population	296 → 299 (+1.0%)	2,046 → 2,010 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $44,688 (-22.8%)	$44,432 → $60,756 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $65,000 (+10.5%)	$71,400 → $89,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $768 (-5.5%)	$606 → $688 (+13.5%)

Burns

Population

296299

Median household income

$57,917$44,688

Median home value

$58,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$813$768

Marion

Population

2,0462,010

Median household income

$44,432$60,756

Median home value

$71,400$89,600

Median gross rent

$606$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns	Marion
Under 5	4.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	18.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.1%
75 and over	1.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns	Marion
No high school diploma	25.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns	Marion
Drove alone	77.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns	Marion
1-unit, detached	85.3%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burns	Marion
Poverty rate	31.3%	11.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1948	1957