Big Pine Key vs Marathon

A side-by-side comparison of Big Pine Key and Marathon: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Pine Key and Marathon are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marathon has the higher population (9,831 vs 4,584 in Big Pine Key). Big Pine Key has the higher median household income ($92,452 vs $80,556 in Marathon). Marathon has the higher median home value ($683,700 vs $561,500 in Big Pine Key).

Population, income & housing

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
Population	4,584	9,831
Median age	54.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,452	$80,556
Median home value	$561,500	$683,700
Median gross rent	$2,017	$1,592
Housing units	2,922	6,442
Homeownership rate	82.6%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
Population	4,896 → 4,584 (-6.4%)	8,702 → 9,831 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$58,259 → $92,452 (+58.7%)	$56,365 → $80,556 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$363,700 → $561,500 (+54.4%)	$425,200 → $683,700 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $2,017 (+22.6%)	$1,319 → $1,592 (+20.7%)

Big Pine Key

Population

4,8964,584

Median household income

$58,259$92,452

Median home value

$363,700$561,500

Median gross rent

$1,645$2,017

Marathon

Population

8,7029,831

Median household income

$56,365$80,556

Median home value

$425,200$683,700

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	24.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.4%
75 and over	8.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
Drove alone	69.9%	62.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	10.9%
Other means	0.8%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
1-unit, detached	76.0%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Pine Key	Marathon
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	13
Median year structure built	1986	1980