Marion Center vs Rossiter

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

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

Rossiter has the higher population (609 vs 476 in Marion Center). Rossiter has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $41,875 in Marion Center). Marion Center has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $91,200 in Rossiter).

Population, income & housing

	Marion Center	Rossiter
Population	476	609
Median age	44.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$67,083
Median home value	$137,500	$91,200
Median gross rent	$836	$1,038
Housing units	198	198
Homeownership rate	50.0%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion Center	Rossiter
Population	481 → 476 (-1.0%)	642 → 609 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $41,875 (-3.8%)	$50,000 → $67,083 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $137,500 (+67.3%)	$68,800 → $91,200 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $836 (+16.1%)	$708 → $1,038 (+46.6%)

Marion Center

Population

481476

Median household income

$43,542$41,875

Median home value

$82,200$137,500

Median gross rent

$720$836

Rossiter

Population

642609

Median household income

$50,000$67,083

Median home value

$68,800$91,200

Median gross rent

$708$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion Center	Rossiter
Under 5	1.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	26.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	23.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	6.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.7%
75 and over	9.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion Center	Rossiter
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
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	8.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion Center	Rossiter
No high school diploma	14.2%	26.9%
High school graduate	43.7%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion Center	Rossiter
Drove alone	94.3%	43.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	47.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion Center	Rossiter
1-unit, detached	65.7%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Marion Center	Rossiter
Poverty rate	39.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.59	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1943	1938