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Marion city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Marion city is a Census city of 981 people across 0.87 square miles of land, in Turner County. Median household income is $67,750, 75.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $45,000.
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Marion
What Marion is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.87 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,130
- County holding the largest share of its areaTurner 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
- Population981
- Median age51.7
- Population under 18207 plus or minus 55
- Share under 1821.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over330
- Share 65 and over33.6 percent
- Households399
- Family households246
- Share of households that are families61.7 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$67,750 plus or minus $15,887
- Per capita income$36,121
- Civilian labor force481 plus or minus 110
- Employed480 plus or minus 109
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 2
- Unemployment rate0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Adults 25 and over745
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
Housing in Marion
- Housing units432
- Occupied units399
- Vacant units33 plus or minus 28
- Vacancy rate7.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied303
- Renter occupied96 plus or minus 33
- Ownership rate75.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$164,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$813
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units343
- Share single family79.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more72 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more16.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 15
- Median year structure built1965
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 commute461 plus or minus 109
- Commuting under 15 minutes210 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.6 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more166 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.0 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Drove alone78.6 percent
- Carpooled15.7 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home2.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Marion
SBA 7(a) lending to Marion borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$45,000
- Average approval$45,000
- Median approval$45,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$45,000
- Largest approval$45,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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
SBA 504 lending to Marion borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$174,000
- Average approval$174,000
- Median approval$174,000
- Largest approval$174,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Turner County, not Marion
Turner County context, not Marion figures
These are Turner 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 Turner County261
- Employment at those establishments, Turner County1,451
- Covered employment, Turner County2,389
- Average annual pay, Turner County$46,661
- Average weekly wage, Turner County$897
- Housing units permitted, Turner County24
- Of those, single family, Turner County18
- County product, 2024, Turner County$612,666,000
- County product change over the prior year, Turner County0.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Turner County$64,684
Every figure in this section is published for Turner 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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, South Dakota?
981, in 399 households. Marion city covers 0.87 square miles of land, which is 1,130 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?
Turner 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?
$67,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $164,500. Median gross rent is $813 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?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $45,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $45,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $174,000. 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 0 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.
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 Turner 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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