Marathon vs Truesdale

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

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

Marathon has the higher population (199 vs 146 in Truesdale). Truesdale has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $40,417 in Marathon). Marathon has the higher median home value ($41,700 vs $32,500 in Truesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon	Truesdale
Population	199	146
Median age	55.4 yrs	4.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,417	$63,125
Median home value	$41,700	$32,500
Median gross rent	$758	$1,111
Housing units	114	50
Homeownership rate	90.1%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon	Truesdale
Population	207 → 199 (-3.9%)	93 → 146 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $40,417 (-17.1%)	$42,500 → $63,125 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $41,700 (+33.2%)	$50,000 → $32,500 (-35.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $758 (+12.3%)	$620 → $1,111 (+79.2%)

Marathon

Population

207199

Median household income

$48,750$40,417

Median home value

$31,300$41,700

Median gross rent

$675$758

Truesdale

Population

93146

Median household income

$42,500$63,125

Median home value

$50,000$32,500

Median gross rent

$620$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon	Truesdale
Under 5	2.0%	54.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	2.1%
18 to 24	0.5%	1.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	3.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.1%
55 to 64	24.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	21.1%	4.8%
75 and over	5.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon	Truesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	67.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon	Truesdale
No high school diploma	13.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	40.1%	64.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon	Truesdale
Drove alone	92.5%	92.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon	Truesdale
1-unit, detached	94.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marathon	Truesdale
Poverty rate	18.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1938	1952