Marion is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,734 people and three associated neighborhoods, Marion is the 169th largest community in Alabama.Marion is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.17% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Marion is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Marion who work in food service (21.03%), sales jobs (18.97%), and teaching (13.33%). Marion is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Marion area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Marion maintain a good economy. Being a small city, Marion does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Marion is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.27% of adults 25 and older in Marion have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Marion in 2022 was $14,817, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,268 for a family of four. However, Marion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Marion is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marion residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Marion include German, Irish, English, Jamaican, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Marion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
