Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Marion, Iowa
Marion is the third largest of the eleven towns this site covers, a Linn County city with 41,552 people in the Census Bureau's April 2020 estimates base and 42,542 in its 2024 estimate. This page is about Marion, Iowa, and not any of the other places named Marion; Marion County, Iowa is a different county.
Housing at a glance
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Population, April 2020 estimates base | 41,552 |
| Population, 2024 estimate | 42,542 |
| Housing units (give or take) | 18,029 (give or take 502) |
| Median year built (give or take) | 1994 (give or take 2 years) |
| Built in 1939 or earlier | 8.4% |
| Built in 2000 or later | 41.4% |
| Single-family homes standing alone | 65.8% |
| In buildings of five or more units | 14.9% |
| Mobile homes | 4.2% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 77.4% |
| Renter-occupied homes | 22.6% |
| Householders who moved in during 2020 or later | 23.9% |
| Median gross rent | $961 a month |
| Median value of owner-occupied homes | $241,700 |
| Residents 3 and over enrolled in college or graduate school | 3.2% |
| About these figures | Population is the Census Bureau's April 2020 estimates base and 2024 estimate; the rest are Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. They are sample-based estimates with margins, and they describe housing and households, not floors |
Homes by year built
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 or later | 624 | 3.5% |
| 2010 to 2019 | 3,445 | 19.1% |
| 2000 to 2009 | 3,400 | 18.9% |
| 1990 to 1999 | 2,509 | 13.9% |
| 1980 to 1989 | 1,283 | 7.1% |
| 1970 to 1979 | 1,669 | 9.3% |
| 1960 to 1969 | 2,017 | 11.2% |
| 1950 to 1959 | 1,379 | 7.6% |
| 1940 to 1949 | 196 | 1.1% |
| 1939 or earlier | 1,507 | 8.4% |
Three National Register districts
The City of Marion says it has three Historic Districts recognized by the National Register of Historic Places. The Uptown Commercial Historic District, nominated in 2009, takes in the west side of 10th Street from 6th Avenue to 9th Avenue and the north side of 7th Avenue from 10th to 12th Street, including City Square Park, and has two individually listed properties, the former Carnegie Library and First United Methodist Church. The Terrace Park Historic District, nominated in 2005, consists of 16 dwellings on a knoll in part of the Gray and Greene's Addition. The Pucker Street Historic District, nominated in 2002, holds 84 structures, 46 of them primary buildings; the city says the street was reportedly named for the decidedly superior attitude of some of its earliest residents (City of Marion, National Register Historic Districts, as of 2026).
What stands out
The three districts are a small part of a city whose newest homes make up the largest span: about 41 percent were built in 2000 or later, across the three most recent census decades in the table above. The largest single decade is the 2010s, at 19.1 percent. Roughly 1,507 homes, about 8 percent, date from 1939 or earlier. 77.4 percent of occupied homes in Marion are owner-occupied, and about 66 percent of its units are single-family homes standing alone.