Marion, OH

Marion is a mid-size city in Ohio with a population of 35,771. Residents earn $45,829 per year, which is 39% below the national average.

2.7 /5.0

C+ Fair

35,771 Population 2,760/sq mi density

$45,829 Median Income $21,602 per capita

$105,900 Home Value $160,415 Zillow

$848 Median Rent 30.4% income on rent

51°F Avg Temperature 275 sunny days/yr

269 Violent Crime/100K 4,213 property/100K

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Overall

2.7 / 5.0

Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

Economy

3.0 / 5.0

$45,829 median income, 4.5% unemployment

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Affordability

5.0 / 5.0

$105,900 home value, $848/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

269 violent crimes/100K (29% below avg)

Education

1.8 / 5.0

10.1% bachelor's degree or higher

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3 reported haunted locations found near Marion, OH.

Name	Description
East Lawn Manor Nursing Home	At night at midnight shift footsteps from a mentally unstable lady that had died before are seen coming down the hall and the familiar scuffling of her slippers can be heard. Then she goes to the door that is across the room where she was at and slams the door as she always did when she heard the lady screaming in the room. The people in the room are unable to get up and do so. The nurse aides would go to the room and the patient in the room would be staring wide eyed at the door. - March 200...
Harding Home	The people working the shift on the same date and time as President Harding died, the antique clock will stop and for a while and re-start, also, in his "office" on top of a tall wooden chest with glass doors sets a model ship....the sails move back and forward. - June 2008 Correction: The clock has been known to stop only three times on the date Workers have to re-start it. In reference to the story that the sails blow on the ship is completely false.
Marion Cemetery	Mysterious Revolving Ball - For more than 100 years, a 5,200 pound ball of polished black granite has been slowly rotating on a pedestal in the Marion Cemetery. This mystery was featured in "Ripley's Believe It or Not' in 1929.