Marathon vs Terlingua

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

Marathon and Terlingua 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 138 in Terlingua). Terlingua has the higher median household income ($45,969 vs $45,100 in Marathon). Marathon has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $112,500 in Terlingua).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon	Terlingua
Population	271	138
Median age	57.7 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,100	$45,969
Median home value	$143,500	$112,500
Housing units	320	123
Homeownership rate	53.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon	Terlingua
Population	386 → 271 (-29.8%)	110 → 138 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$46,058 → $45,100 (-2.1%)	$41,250 → $45,969 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $143,500 (+44.5%)	$163,300 → $112,500 (-31.1%)

Marathon

Population

386271

Median household income

$46,058$45,100

Median home value

$99,300$143,500

Terlingua

Population

110138

Median household income

$41,250$45,969

Median home value

$163,300$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon	Terlingua
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	33.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	29.9%	34.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.3%
75 and over	20.7%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon	Terlingua
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	97.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon	Terlingua
No high school diploma	20.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon	Terlingua
Drove alone	27.4%	75.0%
Carpooled	19.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	47.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	21.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon	Terlingua
1-unit, detached	93.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Marathon	Terlingua
Poverty rate	5.5%	1.4%
Average household size	1.38	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	8
Median year structure built	1958	1977