Centenary vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (6,338 vs 453 in Centenary). Marion has the higher median household income ($27,767 vs $13,313 in Centenary). Centenary has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $119,400 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Centenary	Marion
Population	453	6,338
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$13,313	$27,767
Median home value	$168,100	$119,400
Median gross rent	—	$624
Housing units	190	2,898
Homeownership rate	45.8%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centenary	Marion
Population	591 → 453 (-23.4%)	6,466 → 6,338 (-2.0%)
Median household income	—	$33,310 → $27,767 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $168,100 (+42.6%)	$106,700 → $119,400 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$550 → $624 (+13.5%)

Centenary

Population

591453

Median home value

$117,900$168,100

Marion

Population

6,4666,338

Median household income

$33,310$27,767

Median home value

$106,700$119,400

Median gross rent

$550$624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centenary	Marion
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	32.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	19.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	3.5%	16.8%
75 and over	9.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centenary	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	27.8%
Black or African American	75.3%	69.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centenary	Marion
No high school diploma	24.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	51.3%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centenary	Marion
Drove alone	74.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	5.0%
Other means	9.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centenary	Marion
1-unit, detached	66.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Centenary	Marion
Poverty rate	62.9%	27.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1975	1964