Marion vs Saltville

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

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

Marion has the higher population (5,694 vs 2,056 in Saltville). Saltville has the higher median household income ($46,098 vs $37,357 in Marion). Marion has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $92,000 in Saltville).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Saltville
Population	5,694	2,056
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,357	$46,098
Median home value	$160,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$696	$579
Housing units	2,745	1,041
Homeownership rate	54.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Saltville
Population	5,706 → 5,694 (-0.2%)	2,411 → 2,056 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$31,544 → $37,357 (+18.4%)	$33,125 → $46,098 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $160,600 (+60.9%)	$81,800 → $92,000 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $696 (+13.5%)	$506 → $579 (+14.4%)

Marion

Population

5,7065,694

Median household income

$31,544$37,357

Median home value

$99,800$160,600

Median gross rent

$613$696

Saltville

Population

2,4112,056

Median household income

$33,125$46,098

Median home value

$81,800$92,000

Median gross rent

$506$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Saltville
Under 5	3.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.8%
75 and over	10.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Saltville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	99.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Saltville
No high school diploma	17.3%	18.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Saltville
Drove alone	78.6%	91.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Saltville
1-unit, detached	66.0%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Saltville
Poverty rate	19.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1963	1959