Marion vs Orrstown

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

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

Marion has the higher population (909 vs 357 in Orrstown). Orrstown has the higher median household income ($65,217 vs $32,734 in Marion). Marion has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $144,500 in Orrstown).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Orrstown
Population	909	357
Median age	31.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,734	$65,217
Median home value	$213,100	$144,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	370	158
Homeownership rate	87.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Orrstown
Population	1,170 → 909 (-22.3%)	250 → 357 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$76,179 → $32,734 (-57.0%)	$50,625 → $65,217 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $213,100 (+23.9%)	$133,900 → $144,500 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,402 (+22.3%)	$1,000 → $3,501 (+250.1%)

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

Orrstown

Population

250357

Median household income

$50,625$65,217

Median home value

$133,900$144,500

Median gross rent

$1,000$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Orrstown
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	19.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	5.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	20.4%
65 to 74	17.7%	8.1%
75 and over	10.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Orrstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.9%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Orrstown
No high school diploma	19.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	43.6%	73.4%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Orrstown
Drove alone	77.8%	91.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	0.6%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Orrstown
1-unit, detached	83.0%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Orrstown
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1954	1938