Marion vs Reed City

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

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

Reed City has the higher population (2,505 vs 674 in Marion). Reed City has the higher median household income ($48,646 vs $41,944 in Marion). Reed City has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $96,800 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Reed City
Population	674	2,505
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,944	$48,646
Median home value	$96,800	$105,400
Median gross rent	$733	$587
Housing units	348	1,187
Homeownership rate	70.1%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Reed City
Population	896 → 674 (-24.8%)	2,472 → 2,505 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $41,944 (+19.8%)	$35,658 → $48,646 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $96,800 (+26.0%)	$70,800 → $105,400 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$527 → $733 (+39.1%)	$563 → $587 (+4.3%)

Marion

Population

896674

Median household income

$35,000$41,944

Median home value

$76,800$96,800

Median gross rent

$527$733

Reed City

Population

2,4722,505

Median household income

$35,658$48,646

Median home value

$70,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$563$587

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Reed City
Under 5	5.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.3%
75 and over	8.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Reed City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Reed City
No high school diploma	10.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Reed City
Drove alone	65.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	28.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Reed City
1-unit, detached	79.9%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Reed City
Poverty rate	30.4%	20.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1957	1960