POPULATION
City of Marion 2018: 17,620
Williamson County 2019: 67,320
INCOME & HOUSING FOR MARION, ILLINOIS
2017 median household income: $46,036
2019 housing units: 9,723
2019 homeownership rate: 62%
2019 median value of owner occupied housing: $95,200
2019 Persons per household: 2.29
Source: U.S. Census Bureau & Intersect Illinois
Utilities
Water
Water supplier: REND LAKE CONS. DISTRICT
Water source: LAKE: Gallons/day: Liters/day
Storage capacity: 2,500,000: 9,500,000
Treatment capacity: 2,700,000: 10,260,000
Average daily demand: 1,800,000: 6,840,000
Peak daily demand: 2,300,000: 8,740,000
Excess capacity: 400,000: 1,520,000
Waste Water Treatment
Type of sewage treatment plant: TERTIARY
Process: ACTIVATED SLUGE
Treatment capacity: 4,950,000: 18,810,000
Present load: 10,800,000: 41,040,000
Excess capacity: 2,700,000: 10,260,000
Natural Gas – Electricity – Telecommunications
Gas supplier: AMEREN ILLINOIS
Electric supplier: AMEREN ILLINOIS
Local telephone supplier: FRONTIER, CLEARWAVE
Digital switching: YES
Fiber optics: YES
Long distances carriers: SEVERAL
Remarks
Sewage treatment: Activated sluge/primary clarifier – sand filters
Additional electric supplier: Egyptian Electric Cooperative
Community Facilities
(available within 10 miles)
Motels/hotels: 30
Protestant churches: 140
Number of rooms: 1,600
Catholic churches: 2
Restaurants: 135
Jewish synagogues: 0
Capacity of largest banquet room: 600
Country clubs: 2
Public golf courses: 5
Health clubs: 3
Public tennis courts: 6
Public swimming pools: 3
Public access to lake/river: YES
Name of lake/river: CRAB ORCHARD LAKE
Remarks
Nearby lakes: Crab Orchard, Kincaid, Rend, Cedar, Little Grassy,
Devil’s Kitchen & Lake of Egypt