Marion Center vs Onset

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

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

Onset has the higher population (1,561 vs 1,159 in Marion Center). Marion Center has the higher median home value ($622,600 vs $415,500 in Onset). Since 2019, Onset's population has grown faster (+107.0% vs +7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Marion Center	Onset
Population	1,159	1,561
Median age	46.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$180,130	—
Median home value	$622,600	$415,500
Median gross rent	$2,368	—
Housing units	565	1,364
Homeownership rate	71.3%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion Center	Onset
Population	1,076 → 1,159 (+7.7%)	754 → 1,561 (+107.0%)
Median household income	$77,109 → $180,130 (+133.6%)	$42,727 → $72,017 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$608,800 → $622,600 (+2.3%)	$228,800 → $415,500 (+81.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $2,368 (+57.9%)	$1,345 → $1,583 (+17.7%)

Marion Center

Population

1,0761,159

Median household income

$77,109$180,130

Median home value

$608,800$622,600

Median gross rent

$1,500$2,368

Onset

Population

7541,561

Median household income

$42,727$72,017

Median home value

$228,800$415,500

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion Center	Onset
Under 5	4.7%	17.1%
5 to 17	6.2%	8.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	0.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.1%
75 and over	8.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion Center	Onset
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	65.5%
Black or African American	10.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion Center	Onset
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	22.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion Center	Onset
Drove alone	58.1%	61.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.6%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	11.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion Center	Onset
1-unit, detached	97.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marion Center	Onset
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938