Allen County vs Marion County

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

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

Allen County has the higher population (12,491 vs 11,795 in Marion County). Marion County has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $57,618 in Allen County). Marion County has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $100,400 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Marion County
Population	12,491	11,795
Median age	41.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,618	$63,438
Median home value	$100,400	$114,400
Median gross rent	$685	$727
Housing units	6,077	5,673
Homeownership rate	74.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Marion County
Population	12,556 → 12,491 (-0.5%)	11,964 → 11,795 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$45,333 → $57,618 (+27.1%)	$52,123 → $63,438 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $100,400 (+26.6%)	$90,800 → $114,400 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $685 (+1.5%)	$585 → $727 (+24.3%)

Allen County

Population

12,55612,491

Median household income

$45,333$57,618

Median home value

$79,300$100,400

Median gross rent

$675$685

Marion County

Population

11,96411,795

Median household income

$52,123$63,438

Median home value

$90,800$114,400

Median gross rent

$585$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Marion County
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.7%
75 and over	8.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Marion County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Marion County
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Marion County
Drove alone	77.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Marion County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Marion County
Poverty rate	13.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1965	1957