Marion vs Pen Mar

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

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

Pen Mar has the higher population (1,338 vs 909 in Marion). Pen Mar has the higher median household income ($117,010 vs $32,734 in Marion). Pen Mar has the higher median home value ($264,100 vs $213,100 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Pen Mar
Population	909	1,338
Median age	31.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,734	$117,010
Median home value	$213,100	$264,100
Housing units	370	446
Homeownership rate	87.0%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Pen Mar
Population	1,170 → 909 (-22.3%)	1,025 → 1,338 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$76,179 → $32,734 (-57.0%)	$76,786 → $117,010 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $213,100 (+23.9%)	$208,800 → $264,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,402 (+22.3%)	—

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

Pen Mar

Population

1,0251,338

Median household income

$76,786$117,010

Median home value

$208,800$264,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Pen Mar
Under 5	5.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	19.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	24.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	17.7%	4.3%
75 and over	10.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Pen Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
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%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Pen Mar
No high school diploma	19.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Pen Mar
Drove alone	77.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	17.1%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Pen Mar
1-unit, detached	83.0%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Pen Mar
Poverty rate	15.6%	1.0%
Average household size	2.81	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1954	1980