Marion vs Sellers

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

Marion and Sellers 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 188 in Sellers). Marion has the higher median household income ($27,767 vs $23,250 in Sellers). Marion has the higher median home value ($119,400 vs $13,500 in Sellers).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Sellers
Population	6,338	188
Median age	44.0 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,767	$23,250
Median home value	$119,400	$13,500
Median gross rent	$624	$416
Housing units	2,898	142
Homeownership rate	42.8%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Sellers
Population	6,466 → 6,338 (-2.0%)	184 → 188 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$33,310 → $27,767 (-16.6%)	$17,250 → $23,250 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$106,700 → $119,400 (+11.9%)	$35,000 → $13,500 (-61.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $624 (+13.5%)	$425 → $416 (-2.1%)

Marion

Population

6,4666,338

Median household income

$33,310$27,767

Median home value

$106,700$119,400

Median gross rent

$550$624

Sellers

Population

184188

Median household income

$17,250$23,250

Median home value

$35,000$13,500

Median gross rent

$425$416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Sellers
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	1.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	2.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	27.1%
65 to 74	16.8%	14.9%
75 and over	5.9%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Sellers
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	10.1%
Black or African American	69.2%	54.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	13.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Sellers
No high school diploma	14.0%	22.5%
High school graduate	47.2%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Sellers
Drove alone	86.6%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Sellers
1-unit, detached	71.4%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Sellers
Poverty rate	27.5%	60.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1964	1972