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Marathon town, Cortland County, NY

2,042 Population
24.9 square miles 81.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cortland County: 37 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,516 ±$3,913 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cortland County: $34,752 ±$1,053
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,438 ±$6,728 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cortland County: $70,418 ±$2,912
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±4.7% (212  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cortland County: 12.8% † 5,440 (±1.6% / ±694)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±2.6 (24,335  ±4,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cortland County: 22.3 463,310 (±0.8 / ±20,919)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

787 ±98 Number of households
  • Cortland County: 18,999 ±384
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (2,033  ±333) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cortland County: 2.2 42,549 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±3.1% (12  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cortland County: 4.6% † 532 (±1.4% / ±164)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

881 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Cortland County: 20,841 ±64
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,100 ±$15,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cortland County: $162,100 ±$3,172
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±4% (230  ±89) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cortland County: 15.7% † 7,210 (±1.6% / ±739.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.2% ±13.6% (1,146  ±128) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cortland County: 91.9% 26,930 (±3.2% / ±943.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.7% ±3% (144  ±43.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cortland County: 29.1% 8,542 (±1.9% / ±557)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.8% ±0.6% (16  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cortland County: 2.8% 1,313
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.7% ±3.7% (192  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Cortland County: 6.2% † 2,343 (±0.7% / ±246)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
192 Total veterans ±61 175 Male ±60 17 Female ±19

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