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Marathon town, Cortland County, NY

1,911 Population
24.9 square miles 76.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cortland County: 36.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,098 ±$3,042 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cortland County: $33,818 ±$965
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$64,476 ±$6,190 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cortland County: $67,527 ±$2,810
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.7% ±4.3% (184  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cortland County: 12.8% † 5,494 (±1.7% / ±717)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.3 minutes ±3.2 (23,775  ±4,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cortland County: 21.8 457,755 (±0.5 / ±18,141)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

749 ±94 Number of households
  • Cortland County: 18,768 ±286
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.1 (1,906  ±253) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cortland County: 2.3 42,845 (±0 / ±54)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.9% ±5.2% (28  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cortland County: 5% † 583 (±1.4% / ±160)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

835 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Cortland County: 20,842 ±51
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$130,100 ±$11,128 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cortland County: $158,100 ±$3,727
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.3% ±4.9% (232  ±97.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cortland County: 15.3% † 7,033 (±1.8% / ±813)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

87.7% ±14.7% (1,159  ±134.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cortland County: 90.9% 26,559 (±3.2% / ±935.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
11.4% ±2.9% (151  ±42.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cortland County: 28.3% 8,277 (±1.8% / ±537.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±0.8% (20  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cortland County: 2.7% 1,236
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

13.5% ±3.6% (199  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Cortland County: 6.6% 2,475 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
199 Total veterans ±58 175 Male ±58 24 Female ±22

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