Marion vs Santa Clara

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

Marion and Santa Clara are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marion has the higher population (1,088 vs 677 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($90,139 vs $63,214 in Marion). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($316,300 vs $148,900 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Santa Clara
Population	1,088	677
Median age	36.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$90,139
Median home value	$148,900	$316,300
Median gross rent	$1,210	—
Housing units	457	281
Homeownership rate	67.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Santa Clara
Population	970 → 1,088 (+12.2%)	1,032 → 677 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $63,214 (+55.6%)	$83,125 → $90,139 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $148,900 (+68.6%)	$291,500 → $316,300 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,210 (+26.4%)	$763 → $908 (+19.0%)

Marion

Population

9701,088

Median household income

$40,625$63,214

Median home value

$88,300$148,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,210

Santa Clara

Population

1,032677

Median household income

$83,125$90,139

Median home value

$291,500$316,300

Median gross rent

$763$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Santa Clara
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	6.2%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.3%
75 and over	9.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	67.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	46.4%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	27.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Santa Clara
Drove alone	69.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	18.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	21.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	70.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	18.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1990	1997