Marion vs Prospect

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

Marion and Prospect 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 1,330 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($68,807 vs $45,829 in Marion). Prospect has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $105,900 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Prospect
Population	35,771	1,330
Median age	38.0 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,829	$68,807
Median home value	$105,900	$162,100
Median gross rent	$848	$1,102
Housing units	14,252	516
Homeownership rate	56.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Prospect
Population	36,188 → 35,771 (-1.2%)	1,084 → 1,330 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$38,221 → $45,829 (+19.9%)	$54,808 → $68,807 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $105,900 (+42.0%)	$127,700 → $162,100 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $848 (+16.3%)	$938 → $1,102 (+17.5%)

Marion

Population

36,18835,771

Median household income

$38,221$45,829

Median home value

$74,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$729$848

Prospect

Population

1,0841,330

Median household income

$54,808$68,807

Median home value

$127,700$162,100

Median gross rent

$938$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Prospect
Under 5	5.6%	14.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.1%
75 and over	5.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Prospect
No high school diploma	13.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	47.7%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Prospect
Drove alone	79.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Prospect
1-unit, detached	73.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Prospect
Poverty rate	22.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1954	1955