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Marion city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Marion city is a Census city of 7,579 people across 6.79 square miles of land, in McDowell County. Median household income is $51,314, 51.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.7 m.
70 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Marion
What Marion is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.79 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,116
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcDowell County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
How many people live in Marion
- Population7,579
- Median age39.1
- Population under 181,450
- Share under 1819.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,252 plus or minus 253
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Households2,869
- Family households1,932
- Share of households that are families67.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
Income and work in Marion
- Median household income$51,314 plus or minus $16,150
- Per capita income$22,092
- Civilian labor force2,872
- Employed2,718
- Unemployed154 plus or minus 79
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over5,392
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.6 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
Housing in Marion
- Housing units3,323
- Occupied units2,869
- Vacant units454 plus or minus 158
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied1,472
- Renter occupied1,397
- Ownership rate51.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$762
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units2,269
- Share single family68.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more692 plus or minus 227
- Share in buildings of two or more20.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes362 plus or minus 133
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
How Marion gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,547
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,039 plus or minus 240
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.8 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more818 plus or minus 227
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.1 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Drove alone81.3 percent
- Carpooled14.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home2.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
SBA loans in Marion (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$2,720,000
- Average approval$302,222
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,570,000
- Largest approval$1,570,000
- Jobs supported40
- Jobs per approval4.4
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises11.1 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Marion
Flood risk in Marion
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370266
- Currently effective map date01/06/10
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
McDowell County, not Marion
McDowell County context, not Marion figures
These are McDowell County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Marion measurements.
- Establishments in McDowell County822
- Employment at those establishments, McDowell County13,495
- Covered employment, McDowell County15,350
- Average annual pay, McDowell County$47,365
- Average weekly wage, McDowell County$911
- Housing units permitted, McDowell County175
- Of those, single family, McDowell County175
- County product, 2024, McDowell County$2,766,678,000
- County product change over the prior year, McDowell County7.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, McDowell County$71,824
Every figure in this section is published for McDowell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Marion. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Marion questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Marion, North Carolina?
7,579, in 2,869 households. Marion city covers 6.79 square miles of land, which is 1,116 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Marion in?
McDowell County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Marion?
$51,314. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,500. Median gross rent is $762 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Marion businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $2.7 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $75,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Marion, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Marion borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Marion. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Marion in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Marion appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370266, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Marion figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McDowell County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Marion.
Is zoning published for Marion?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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