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Outdoors in Marion
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1930
"Marion, Ind, Aug. 7, 1930" (NBY 3117), 1930
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Marion PCC & St. Louis Railroad Depot
Marion station is a former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Marion, Indiana.
About Marion
City in Indiana, United StatesMarion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 census. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. The city is home to Indiana Wesleyan University, the largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and Indiana's largest private university, when online and regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois are included. The traditional campus enrolls about 2,800 students. Marion is the birthplace of actor James Dean and cartoonist Jim Davis, and was the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and sin…
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How Marion ranks
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Housing in Marion
The typical Marion home is worth about $142,000, up 3.3% in a year, 46% below the Indiana typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Marion
Safety Grade C+
Marion reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 56% report less.
Work & commute in Marion
Full picture →43% of Marion’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Gas City (4%), Fort Wayne (3%) and Kokomo (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
Health in Marion
Health Grade D−
Healthier than 5% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Indiana
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 13 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Marion
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Marion
Full climate →Marion has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 25 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Marion is a college town
Colleges →of Marion’s residents are enrolled in college. Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion has about 2,192 students on campus.
Marion’s library
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