Hersey vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (674 vs 317 in Hersey). Hersey has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $41,944 in Marion). Hersey has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $96,800 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Hersey	Marion
Population	317	674
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$41,944
Median home value	$113,500	$96,800
Median gross rent	$913	$733
Housing units	152	348
Homeownership rate	82.3%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hersey	Marion
Population	315 → 317 (+0.6%)	896 → 674 (-24.8%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $60,000 (+20.4%)	$35,000 → $41,944 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $113,500 (+38.9%)	$76,800 → $96,800 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $913 (+2.2%)	$527 → $733 (+39.1%)

Hersey

Population

315317

Median household income

$49,821$60,000

Median home value

$81,700$113,500

Median gross rent

$893$913

Marion

Population

896674

Median household income

$35,000$41,944

Median home value

$76,800$96,800

Median gross rent

$527$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hersey	Marion
Under 5	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.8%
75 and over	5.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hersey	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hersey	Marion
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	50.7%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hersey	Marion
Drove alone	76.9%	65.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	28.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hersey	Marion
1-unit, detached	85.5%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Hersey	Marion
Poverty rate	7.9%	30.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1968	1957