Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Wausau town, Marathon County, WI

2,141 Population
32.3 square miles 66.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

52.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Marathon County: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,793 ±$6,679 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Marathon County: $39,970 ±$776
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$80,750 ±$20,120 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Marathon County: $76,185 ±$2,620
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

11% ±4.9% (236  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Marathon County: 8.9% 12,159 (±0.7% / ±962)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

23.9 minutes ±3.9 (22,590  ±5,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Marathon County: 19.3 1,210,725 (±0.4 / ±31,858)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

809 ±103 Number of households
  • Marathon County: 56,873 ±432
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.4 (2,098  ±235) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marathon County: 2.4 136,408 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.1% ±3.9% (11  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marathon County: 5.3% † 1,531 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

841 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Marathon County: 60,296 ±127
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$219,200 ±$44,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marathon County: $205,500 ±$4,043
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

6% ±5.3% (128  ±113.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Marathon County: 11.1% 15,171 (±1% / ±1,348.5)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.9% ±5.2% (1,523  ±187.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Marathon County: 93.1% 89,883 (±1.7% / ±1,676.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
20% ±4.7% (317  ±83) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marathon County: 27.3% 26,333 (±1% / ±954.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1.1% ±1.3% (23  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Marathon County: 4.2% 5,742
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

12.8% ±4.9% (214  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marathon County: 7.1% 7,625 (±0.5% / ±512)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
214 Total veterans ±85 214 Male ±85 N/A Female ±10

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.