Marion vs Sugar Grove

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

Marion and Sugar Grove 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 598 in Sugar Grove). Sugar Grove has the higher median household income ($45,357 vs $37,357 in Marion). Marion has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $57,200 in Sugar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Sugar Grove
Population	5,694	598
Median age	44.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,357	$45,357
Median home value	$160,600	$57,200
Median gross rent	$696	$919
Housing units	2,745	360
Homeownership rate	54.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Sugar Grove
Population	5,706 → 5,694 (-0.2%)	899 → 598 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$31,544 → $37,357 (+18.4%)	$65,281 → $45,357 (-30.5%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $160,600 (+60.9%)	$69,800 → $57,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $696 (+13.5%)	$496 → $919 (+85.3%)

Marion

Population

5,7065,694

Median household income

$31,544$37,357

Median home value

$99,800$160,600

Median gross rent

$613$696

Sugar Grove

Population

899598

Median household income

$65,281$45,357

Median home value

$69,800$57,200

Median gross rent

$496$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Sugar Grove
Under 5	3.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	19.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	0.7%
75 and over	10.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Sugar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Sugar Grove
No high school diploma	17.3%	21.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Sugar Grove
Drove alone	78.6%	62.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	25.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	12.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Sugar Grove
1-unit, detached	66.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Sugar Grove
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	35
Median year structure built	1963	1983