Blue Ridge Summit vs Marion

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge Summit and Marion: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge Summit and Marion are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Ridge Summit has the higher population (1,016 vs 909 in Marion). Blue Ridge Summit has the higher median household income ($57,857 vs $32,734 in Marion). Blue Ridge Summit has the higher median home value ($284,100 vs $213,100 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
Population	1,016	909
Median age	42.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,857	$32,734
Median home value	$284,100	$213,100
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	481	370
Homeownership rate	46.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
Population	672 → 1,016 (+51.2%)	1,170 → 909 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$38,713 → $57,857 (+49.5%)	$76,179 → $32,734 (-57.0%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $284,100 (+63.8%)	$172,000 → $213,100 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $842 (+29.9%)	$1,146 → $1,402 (+22.3%)

Blue Ridge Summit

Population

6721,016

Median household income

$38,713$57,857

Median home value

$173,400$284,100

Median gross rent

$648$842

Marion

Population

1,170909

Median household income

$76,179$32,734

Median home value

$172,000$213,100

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
Under 5	1.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	19.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	5.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	18.3%	17.7%
75 and over	6.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
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	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
No high school diploma	10.1%	19.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
Drove alone	70.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
1-unit, detached	41.2%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Summit	Marion
Poverty rate	1.7%	15.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1966	1954