Alpine vs Marathon

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

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

Alpine has the higher population (6,003 vs 271 in Marathon). Alpine has the higher median household income ($54,503 vs $45,100 in Marathon). Alpine has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $143,500 in Marathon).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Marathon
Population	6,003	271
Median age	44.0 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,503	$45,100
Median home value	$207,700	$143,500
Median gross rent	$901	—
Housing units	3,775	320
Homeownership rate	61.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Marathon
Population	6,006 → 6,003 (-0.0%)	386 → 271 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$46,488 → $54,503 (+17.2%)	$46,058 → $45,100 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $207,700 (+38.8%)	$99,300 → $143,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $901 (+30.0%)	—

Alpine

Population

6,0066,003

Median household income

$46,488$54,503

Median home value

$149,600$207,700

Median gross rent

$693$901

Marathon

Population

386271

Median household income

$46,058$45,100

Median home value

$99,300$143,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Marathon
Under 5	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.1%	27.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	3.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	29.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.4%
75 and over	7.7%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Marathon
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Marathon
No high school diploma	10.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	16.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Marathon
Drove alone	73.5%	27.4%
Carpooled	14.0%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	47.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Marathon
1-unit, detached	65.5%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Marathon
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.5%
Average household size	1.76	1.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1979	1958