Ernest vs Marion Center

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

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

Marion Center has the higher population (476 vs 368 in Ernest). Ernest has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $41,875 in Marion Center). Marion Center has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $81,000 in Ernest).

Population, income & housing

	Ernest	Marion Center
Population	368	476
Median age	37.3 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$41,875
Median home value	$81,000	$137,500
Median gross rent	$929	$836
Housing units	148	198
Homeownership rate	72.5%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ernest	Marion Center
Population	523 → 368 (-29.6%)	481 → 476 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $68,750 (+18.3%)	$43,542 → $41,875 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $81,000 (+18.9%)	$82,200 → $137,500 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $929 (+7.6%)	$720 → $836 (+16.1%)

Ernest

Population

523368

Median household income

$58,125$68,750

Median home value

$68,100$81,000

Median gross rent

$863$929

Marion Center

Population

481476

Median household income

$43,542$41,875

Median home value

$82,200$137,500

Median gross rent

$720$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ernest	Marion Center
Under 5	5.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	20.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	17.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	23.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.7%
75 and over	6.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ernest	Marion Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	4.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ernest	Marion Center
No high school diploma	7.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ernest	Marion Center
Drove alone	89.6%	94.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ernest	Marion Center
1-unit, detached	91.9%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Ernest	Marion Center
Poverty rate	15.5%	39.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1943