Marion vs Scotts Mills

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

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

Scotts Mills has the higher population (376 vs 167 in Marion). Scotts Mills has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $60,921 in Marion). Since 2019, Scotts Mills's population has grown faster (-4.3% vs -68.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Scotts Mills
Population	167	376
Median age	56.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,921	$67,083
Median home value	—	$422,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,234
Housing units	80	124
Homeownership rate	35.0%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Scotts Mills
Population	534 → 167 (-68.7%)	393 → 376 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$98,676 → $60,921 (-38.3%)	$51,563 → $67,083 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $325,000 (+90.3%)	$273,000 → $422,700 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$844 → $1,234 (+46.2%)

Marion

Population

534167

Median household income

$98,676$60,921

Median home value

$170,800$325,000

Scotts Mills

Population

393376

Median household income

$51,563$67,083

Median home value

$273,000$422,700

Median gross rent

$844$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Scotts Mills
Under 5	10.8%	10.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	22.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	37.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.2%
75 and over	16.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Scotts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Scotts Mills
No high school diploma	18.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	62.4%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Scotts Mills
Drove alone	100.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Scotts Mills
1-unit, detached	41.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	23.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.0%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Scotts Mills
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.09	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1998	1994