Jacksonville vs Marion Center

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (548 vs 476 in Marion Center). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $41,875 in Marion Center). Marion Center has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $75,400 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
Population	548	476
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$41,875
Median home value	$75,400	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$836
Housing units	230	198
Homeownership rate	83.0%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
Population	612 → 548 (-10.5%)	481 → 476 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$42,656 → $55,000 (+28.9%)	$43,542 → $41,875 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,400 (+9.3%)	$82,200 → $137,500 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,094 (+30.7%)	$720 → $836 (+16.1%)

Jacksonville

Population

612548

Median household income

$42,656$55,000

Median home value

$69,000$75,400

Median gross rent

$837$1,094

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)

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
Under 5	5.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	17.9%	23.9%
55 to 64	7.3%	6.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	9.7%
75 and over	9.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	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	3.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
No high school diploma	8.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	53.8%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
Drove alone	93.3%	94.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
1-unit, detached	67.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Marion Center
Poverty rate	2.0%	39.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1942	1943