Marion vs New Bloomington

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

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

Marion has the higher population (35,771 vs 410 in New Bloomington). Marion has the higher median household income ($45,829 vs $26,786 in New Bloomington). Marion has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $55,400 in New Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	New Bloomington
Population	35,771	410
Median age	38.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,829	$26,786
Median home value	$105,900	$55,400
Median gross rent	$848	$970
Housing units	14,252	187
Homeownership rate	56.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	26.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	New Bloomington
Population	36,188 → 35,771 (-1.2%)	413 → 410 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$38,221 → $45,829 (+19.9%)	$47,679 → $26,786 (-43.8%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $105,900 (+42.0%)	$60,000 → $55,400 (-7.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $848 (+16.3%)	$847 → $970 (+14.5%)

Marion

Population

36,18835,771

Median household income

$38,221$45,829

Median home value

$74,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$729$848

New Bloomington

Population

413410

Median household income

$47,679$26,786

Median home value

$60,000$55,400

Median gross rent

$847$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	New Bloomington
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	32.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	3.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.1%
75 and over	5.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	New Bloomington
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	82.4%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	New Bloomington
No high school diploma	13.2%	39.3%
High school graduate	47.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	New Bloomington
Drove alone	79.9%	60.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	26.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.0%
Other means	1.8%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	New Bloomington
1-unit, detached	73.5%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	Marion	New Bloomington
Poverty rate	22.1%	56.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1954	1991