The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Marion has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Marion a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Marion does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Marion has a very low overall level of education: only 9.77% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Marion in 2022 was $28,641, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,564 for a family of four. However, Marion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Marion include Irish, English, German, European, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Marion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
