Marion, Indiana

Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +62. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 89th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Marion is 1.9 times that size.

Marion covers 15.70 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,797 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Marion is close to the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in Grant County, which had 66,458 residents in 2024. Marion holds 42.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marion

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Marion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46952, 46953. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Marion is

The Census internal point of Marion is at 40.550000, -85.660400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 60.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kokomo, IN (60,093 people), 25.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 43.7 miles away.

Daylight in Marion

At 40.55° N, Marion gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Jonesboro, 5.1 miles away, with 1,506 people.