Marion, Virginia

Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -16. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Marion is 34% of it.

Marion covers 4.79 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,170 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Marion is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in Smyth County, which had 29,137 residents in 2024. Marion holds 19.2% 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 town's land: 24354. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Marion is

The Census internal point of Marion is at 36.837400, -81.515700. Richmond, the capital, is 229.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wytheville, VA (8,160 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 86.2 miles away.

Daylight in Marion

At 36.84° N, Marion gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 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 Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Chilhowie, 9.6 miles away, with 1,610 people.