Marathon vs Virgil

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

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

Marathon has the higher population (1,011 vs 190 in Virgil). Marathon has the higher median household income ($62,984 vs $59,735 in Virgil). Virgil has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $119,700 in Marathon).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon	Virgil
Population	1,011	190
Median age	29.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,984	$59,735
Median home value	$119,700	$218,800
Median gross rent	$772	—
Housing units	425	91
Homeownership rate	66.3%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon	Virgil
Population	926 → 1,011 (+9.2%)	444 → 190 (-57.2%)
Median household income	$53,365 → $62,984 (+18.0%)	$86,111 → $59,735 (-30.6%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $119,700 (+31.1%)	$124,500 → $218,800 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $772 (+28.9%)	$721 → $787 (+9.2%)

Marathon

Population

9261,011

Median household income

$53,365$62,984

Median home value

$91,300$119,700

Median gross rent

$599$772

Virgil

Population

444190

Median household income

$86,111$59,735

Median home value

$124,500$218,800

Median gross rent

$721$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon	Virgil
Under 5	10.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	22.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.2%
75 and over	3.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon	Virgil
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon	Virgil
No high school diploma	9.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon	Virgil
Drove alone	76.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon	Virgil
1-unit, detached	65.9%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Marathon	Virgil
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1938	2000