Marion County vs Sabine County

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

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

Sabine County has the higher population (9,998 vs 9,631 in Marion County). Sabine County has the higher median household income ($59,924 vs $47,447 in Marion County). Sabine County has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $110,500 in Marion County).

Population, income & housing

	Marion County	Sabine County
Population	9,631	9,998
Median age	50.6 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,447	$59,924
Median home value	$110,500	$131,900
Median gross rent	$854	$738
Housing units	5,609	7,665
Homeownership rate	77.4%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion County	Sabine County
Population	10,017 → 9,631 (-3.9%)	10,471 → 9,998 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$37,662 → $47,447 (+26.0%)	$34,992 → $59,924 (+71.3%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $110,500 (+14.5%)	$116,300 → $131,900 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $854 (+15.7%)	$566 → $738 (+30.4%)

Marion County

Population

10,0179,631

Median household income

$37,662$47,447

Median home value

$96,500$110,500

Median gross rent

$738$854

Sabine County

Population

10,4719,998

Median household income

$34,992$59,924

Median home value

$116,300$131,900

Median gross rent

$566$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion County	Sabine County
Under 5	3.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	16.7%
75 and over	10.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion County	Sabine County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	84.6%
Black or African American	21.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion County	Sabine County
No high school diploma	13.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	36.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion County	Sabine County
Drove alone	83.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	13.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion County	Sabine County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Marion County	Sabine County
Poverty rate	18.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1981	1990