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Census Tract 4, Marathon, WI

6,021 Population
2.5 square miles 2,413.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wausau: 38.2 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marathon County: 41.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,728 ±$2,427 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wausau: $35,957 ±$1,971
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Marathon County: $41,413 ±$924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$52,289 ±$11,514 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wausau: $64,389 ±$3,515
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Marathon County: $77,884 ±$2,218
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

25.1% ±8.8% (1,496  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wausau: 14.6% † 5,722 (±2% / ±785)
  • more than double the rate in Marathon County: 8.7% 11,887 (±0.8% / ±1,112)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)

15 minutes ±2 (36,830  ±7,602) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wausau: 15.4 258,125 (±0.7 / ±18,072)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Marathon County: 19.1 1,185,425 (±0.4 / ±30,951)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

2,796 ±302 Number of households
  • Wausau: 17,625 ±441
  • Marathon County: 57,866 ±405
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.1 ±0.3 (5,912  ±518) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wausau: 2.2 39,061 (±0.1 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marathon County: 2.4 136,728 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

8.9% ±6.7% (114  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wausau: 6.5% † 589 (±1.9% / ±174)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marathon County: 5.6% † 1,605 (±0.9% / ±268)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

3,007 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Wausau: 18,718 ±478
  • Marathon County: 60,910 ±126
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$156,200 ±$16,494 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wausau: $167,900 ±$5,311
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Marathon County: $219,600 ±$3,992
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051

16.7% ±6.6% (968  ±389.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wausau: 16.5% † 6,495 (±2.3% / ±908.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marathon County: 10.6% 14,463 (±0.9% / ±1,193.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

88.9% ±6.9% (3,723  ±485.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wausau: 92.1% 25,814 (±3.6% / ±1,123.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Marathon County: 93.3% 90,664 (±1.8% / ±1,707.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
22.5% ±5.1% (943  ±233.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wausau: 30.9% 8,653 (±2.2% / ±629.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marathon County: 28.1% 27,298 (±1% / ±932)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)

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

11.4% ±5.5% (689  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wausau: 7.6% † 3,042 (±1.6% / ±621)
  • more than double the rate in Marathon County: 4.3% 6,009
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

6.7% ±2.5% (313  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wausau: 5.8% † 1,805 (±1% / ±311)
  • about the same as the rate in Marathon County: 6.8% 7,241 (±0.5% / ±536)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
313 Total veterans ±122 252 Male ±113 61 Female ±49

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