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Marathon town, Marathon County, WI

1,107 Population
32.7 square miles 33.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Marathon County: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,348 ±$5,058 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marathon County: $41,413 ±$924
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$106,250 ±$17,529 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Marathon County: $77,884 ±$2,218
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

0.6% ±0.5% (6  ±6) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Marathon County: 8.7% 11,887 (±0.8% / ±1,112)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±7.3 (11,005  ±2,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marathon County: 19.1 1,185,425 (±0.4 / ±30,951)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

442 ±76 Number of households
  • Marathon County: 57,866 ±405
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (1,107  ±196) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Marathon County: 2.4 136,728 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±5% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Marathon County: 5.6% † 1,605 (±0.9% / ±268)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

461 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Marathon County: 60,910 ±126
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$287,300 ±$30,175 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Marathon County: $219,600 ±$3,992
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.6% ±2.4% (18  ±26.3) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Marathon County: 10.6% 14,463 (±0.9% / ±1,193.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±17.6% (765  ±88.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marathon County: 93.3% 90,664 (±1.8% / ±1,707.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.9% ±5% (197  ±50.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marathon County: 28.1% 27,298 (±1% / ±932)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.7% ±1.1% (19  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marathon County: 4.3% 6,009
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.1% (49  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marathon County: 6.8% 7,241 (±0.5% / ±536)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±19 49 Male ±19 N/A Female ±10

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