Dunklin County vs Marion County

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

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

Marion County has the higher population (28,493 vs 27,795 in Dunklin County). Marion County has the higher median household income ($63,908 vs $47,368 in Dunklin County). Marion County has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $93,800 in Dunklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Dunklin County	Marion County
Population	27,795	28,493
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,368	$63,908
Median home value	$93,800	$158,100
Median gross rent	$632	$813
Housing units	13,451	12,886
Homeownership rate	61.8%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunklin County	Marion County
Population	30,027 → 27,795 (-7.4%)	28,608 → 28,493 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$36,380 → $47,368 (+30.2%)	$48,784 → $63,908 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $93,800 (+22.6%)	$123,400 → $158,100 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $632 (+9.7%)	$665 → $813 (+22.3%)

Dunklin County

Population

30,02727,795

Median household income

$36,380$47,368

Median home value

$76,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$576$632

Marion County

Population

28,60828,493

Median household income

$48,784$63,908

Median home value

$123,400$158,100

Median gross rent

$665$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunklin County	Marion County
Under 5	6.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.1%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunklin County	Marion County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunklin County	Marion County
No high school diploma	20.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	41.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunklin County	Marion County
Drove alone	78.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunklin County	Marion County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunklin County	Marion County
Poverty rate	21.4%	13.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1971	1970