Marion, North Carolina

Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 173 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -16. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 142nd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Marion is 52% of it.

Marion covers 6.79 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,110 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Marion is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in McDowell County, which had 45,269 residents in 2024. Marion holds 16.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28752. 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 35.676100, -82.001100. Raleigh, the capital, is 188.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morganton, NC (17,825 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 73.3 miles away.

Daylight in Marion

At 35.68° N, Marion gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 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 North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Glen Alpine, 12.8 miles away, with 1,532 people.