With 436 people, Marion Center is a city in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is 39.2%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. The median age is 46.1, about 7 years above the US median. Households here earn about 45% less than in Pennsylvania as a whole. 1% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $43,125, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 56%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Marion Center
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate6.5% → 39.2%(+32.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age30.6 → 46.1(+15.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants62.6% → 53.1%(−9.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)50%(9)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.7%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.4%(8)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 18 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Marion Center, decade by decade
Marion Center population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
465
$48,431
$93,123
14.6%
0.0
2000
451
$50,323
$97,094
10.1%
0.0
2010
451
$56,021
$100,700
15.5%
2.8
2020
405
$49,239
$134,658
5.6%
9.7
2024
436
$43,125
$151,300
15.8%
24.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
