Albert City vs Marathon

A side-by-side comparison of Albert City and Marathon: population, income, housing, and more.

Albert City and Marathon are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albert City has the higher population (680 vs 199 in Marathon). Albert City has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $40,417 in Marathon). Albert City has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $41,700 in Marathon).

Population, income & housing

	Albert City	Marathon
Population	680	199
Median age	45.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$40,417
Median home value	$92,500	$41,700
Median gross rent	$778	$758
Housing units	298	114
Homeownership rate	79.7%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert City	Marathon
Population	564 → 680 (+20.6%)	207 → 199 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $76,094 (+58.5%)	$48,750 → $40,417 (-17.1%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $92,500 (+62.3%)	$31,300 → $41,700 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $778 (+31.9%)	$675 → $758 (+12.3%)

Albert City

Population

564680

Median household income

$48,015$76,094

Median home value

$57,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$590$778

Marathon

Population

207199

Median household income

$48,750$40,417

Median home value

$31,300$41,700

Median gross rent

$675$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert City	Marathon
Under 5	7.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	24.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	21.1%
75 and over	14.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert City	Marathon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert City	Marathon
No high school diploma	11.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert City	Marathon
Drove alone	80.2%	92.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.7%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert City	Marathon
1-unit, detached	88.9%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Albert City	Marathon
Poverty rate	13.2%	18.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1950	1938