Marathon vs Owensville

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

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

Owensville has the higher population (768 vs 150 in Marathon). Since 2019, Owensville's population has grown faster (-13.0% vs -56.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon	Owensville
Population	150	768
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$33,636
Median home value	—	$144,300
Housing units	67	395
Homeownership rate	20.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon	Owensville
Population	345 → 150 (-56.5%)	883 → 768 (-13.0%)
Median household income	—	$24,250 → $33,636 (+38.7%)
Median home value	—	$120,600 → $144,300 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$447 → $318 (-28.9%)

Marathon

Population

345150

Owensville

Population

883768

Median household income

$24,250$33,636

Median home value

$120,600$144,300

Median gross rent

$447$318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon	Owensville
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	46.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	23.8%
65 to 74	44.7%	11.5%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon	Owensville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon	Owensville
No high school diploma	89.8%	29.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	10.2%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon	Owensville
Drove alone	100.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon	Owensville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marathon	Owensville
Poverty rate	8.7%	30.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1982	1972