Marion County vs Pike County

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

Marion County and Pike County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pike County has the higher population (32,953 vs 29,190 in Marion County). Marion County has the higher median household income ($50,714 vs $47,961 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($149,000 vs $104,300 in Marion County).

Population, income & housing

	Marion County	Pike County
Population	29,190	32,953
Median age	43.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,714	$47,961
Median home value	$104,300	$149,000
Median gross rent	$583	$855
Housing units	14,156	16,124
Homeownership rate	75.2%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion County	Pike County
Population	29,866 → 29,190 (-2.3%)	33,333 → 32,953 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$35,930 → $50,714 (+41.1%)	$37,446 → $47,961 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $104,300 (+12.4%)	$120,000 → $149,000 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $583 (+13.9%)	$669 → $855 (+27.8%)

Marion County

Population

29,86629,190

Median household income

$35,930$50,714

Median home value

$92,800$104,300

Median gross rent

$512$583

Pike County

Population

33,33332,953

Median household income

$37,446$47,961

Median home value

$120,000$149,000

Median gross rent

$669$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion County	Pike County
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	22.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.9%
75 and over	9.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	54.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion County	Pike County
No high school diploma	17.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion County	Pike County
Drove alone	88.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	63.3%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Marion County	Pike County
Poverty rate	16.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1978	1988