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August 21, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Marion, IN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Marion: a median closing price of $125,000 across 232 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Marion, IN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Marion, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Marion sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 232
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $125,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $82
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $65,000 and $174,900

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 232 closed sales in Marion over the last six months, with a median closing price of $125,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $65,000 and $174,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 87% of the Marion closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 231 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $45 and $117 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Marion, IN (August 2026)

The median home price in Marion is $125,000, measured across the 232 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $65,000 and $174,900.

Where Marion sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Marion
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $65k to $175k
$30k to $81k: 74 sales74sales$30k$81k to $132k: 40 sales$132k to $183k: 60 sales$132k$183k to $234k: 32 sales$234k to $285k: 6 sales$234kMedian $125k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Marion over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $65,000 and $174,900. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Marion monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Mar 2026: $93 per square foot across 34 sales$93Mar 2026Apr 2026: $74 per square foot across 47 sales$74Apr 2026May 2026: $94 per square foot across 49 sales$94May 2026Jun 2026: $68 per square foot across 38 sales$68Jun 2026Jul 2026: $84 per square foot across 42 sales$84Jul 2026Aug 2026: $84 per square foot across 14 sales$84Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 25 days, across 125 Marion closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 19 days, across 132 Marion closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 232 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Marion angle

Marion asks for tightly matched comps and careful use of filters. Across 232 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $125,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $65,000 and $174,900. That spread ranks in the widest tenth of the markets we track, which means the citywide median is a weak anchor for any single property: two homes can both be ordinary here and settle far apart. Work outward from the closest matches you can find rather than starting at the median and adjusting toward the subject. There is more distance below the median than above it in the closed data, so the lower half of the band deserves as much scrutiny as the top.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Marion address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Marion, IN
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 232
Median sold price: $125,000
Median sold $/sqft: $82 (231 qualifying)
Property mix: 87% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/marion-in-housing-market

The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Marion over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Marion?

The median sold price in Marion over the last 6 months is $125,000, measured across 232 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Marion last month?

Resideline tracked 42 closed sales in Marion in July 2026, out of 232 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Marion?

The middle half of Marion sales over the last six months closed between $65,000 and $174,900, with a median of $125,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Marion?

Among qualifying Marion closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $82, measured across 231 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Why does the Marion median feel wrong for the property I am looking at?

Because the band is wide. The middle half of closings Resideline tracked ran from $65,000 to $174,900, a range broad enough that $125,000 describes the city and not your subject. Build the value from a handful of closely matched closings, and treat the citywide figure only as a sanity check on the result.

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