Marion, South Carolina

Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 300 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -72. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Marion is 43% of it.

Marion covers 4.48 square miles of land, for 1,354 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Marion is close to the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in Marion County, which had 28,368 residents in 2024. Marion holds 21.4% 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: 29571. 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 34.178700, -79.395700. Columbia, the capital, is 94.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dillon, SC (6,244 people), 17.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 66.9 miles away.

Daylight in Marion

At 34.18° N, Marion gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 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 South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Mullins, 8.2 miles away, with 3,846 people.