Marion, Alabama.
Typical home $126,477 (+0.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$253 (+62%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $806 +1%
- $125,670$126,477 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $16,138 -11%
- $142,615$126,477 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Marion$664
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Marion, AL rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Marion, Perry County, Alabama
Marion is a city of 3,176 people in Perry County. Half its households earn more than $35,842 a year and half less, against $37,654 across Perry County. Unemployment in Perry County was 7.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Perry County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Marion is a small Alabama city and the seat of Perry County. Household incomes here run a little below the county's, and homes are valued modestly compared with much of the country. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in restaurants and hotels, in transport and warehouses, and in shops. The largest workplaces in Marion include Perry County Schools, Marion Military Institute, a two-year college, and Diversicare of Marion, a nursing home. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and very few work from home. Jobs across Perry County have been shrinking, and unemployment there is somewhat higher than a year ago.
Things to do. The National Voting Rights Museum and the Safe House Black History Museum are both a longer drive away and tell parts of Alabama's civil rights history. Cahaba, an archaeological site, is also a longer drive away, as is Paul M. Grist State Park, a protected area for time outdoors.
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- 998households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 3%work from home
What people in Perry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Perry County had 1,785 jobs in 2025, 2.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 71°. About 55 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Marion Junction Northeast weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Marion
- Perry County SchoolsSchool district136FTE
- Marion Military InstituteTwo-year college117
- sasser enterprisesSkilled nursing facility82
- Diversicare of MarionNursing homes59
- Breakthrough Charter SchoolSchool district37FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 141 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Marion’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Perry County.
Marion home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Marion$126,477
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 8 Marion listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Marion12.35%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Marion25
Zip codes with a Marion address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Marion — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.