Marathon vs Study Butte

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

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

Marathon has the higher population (271 vs 172 in Study Butte). Study Butte has the higher median household income ($82,885 vs $45,100 in Marathon). Since 2019, Study Butte's population has grown faster (-8.5% vs -29.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon	Study Butte
Population	271	172
Median age	57.7 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,100	$82,885
Median home value	$143,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,332
Housing units	320	112
Homeownership rate	53.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon	Study Butte
Population	386 → 271 (-29.8%)	188 → 172 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$46,058 → $45,100 (-2.1%)	$35,893 → $82,885 (+130.9%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $143,500 (+44.5%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $1,332 (+153.7%)

Marathon

Population

386271

Median household income

$46,058$45,100

Median home value

$99,300$143,500

Study Butte

Population

188172

Median household income

$35,893$82,885

Median gross rent

$525$1,332

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon	Study Butte
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.7%	45.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	3.3%	4.7%
55 to 64	29.9%	3.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	18.0%
75 and over	20.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon	Study Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	26.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.8%	73.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon	Study Butte
No high school diploma	20.7%	46.2%
High school graduate	22.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon	Study Butte
Drove alone	27.4%	42.5%
Carpooled	19.1%	57.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	47.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon	Study Butte
1-unit, detached	93.1%	24.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	53.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Marathon	Study Butte
Poverty rate	5.5%	0.6%
Average household size	1.38	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1958	1990