Goessel vs Marion

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

Goessel 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 541 in Goessel). Marion has the higher median household income ($60,756 vs $54,583 in Goessel). Goessel has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $89,600 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Goessel	Marion
Population	541	2,010
Median age	44.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$60,756
Median home value	$96,700	$89,600
Median gross rent	$805	$688
Housing units	235	1,022
Homeownership rate	70.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goessel	Marion
Population	639 → 541 (-15.3%)	2,046 → 2,010 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $54,583 (-5.8%)	$44,432 → $60,756 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $96,700 (+9.6%)	$71,400 → $89,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $805 (+51.9%)	$606 → $688 (+13.5%)

Goessel

Population

639541

Median household income

$57,917$54,583

Median home value

$88,200$96,700

Median gross rent

$530$805

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)

	Goessel	Marion
Under 5	1.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	4.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.1%
75 and over	13.7%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goessel	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	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	4.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goessel	Marion
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goessel	Marion
Drove alone	88.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goessel	Marion
1-unit, detached	73.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Goessel	Marion
Poverty rate	6.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1971	1957