Edgar vs Marathon City

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

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

Marathon City has the higher population (1,397 vs 1,366 in Edgar). Marathon City has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $61,442 in Edgar). Marathon City has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $165,900 in Edgar).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar	Marathon City
Population	1,366	1,397
Median age	52.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,442	$90,000
Median home value	$165,900	$196,600
Median gross rent	$807	$760
Housing units	709	555
Homeownership rate	73.7%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar	Marathon City
Population	1,562 → 1,366 (-12.5%)	1,376 → 1,397 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $61,442 (+6.4%)	$63,984 → $90,000 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $165,900 (+37.9%)	$147,800 → $196,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $807 (+20.3%)	$604 → $760 (+25.8%)

Edgar

Population

1,5621,366

Median household income

$57,750$61,442

Median home value

$120,300$165,900

Median gross rent

$671$807

Marathon City

Population

1,3761,397

Median household income

$63,984$90,000

Median home value

$147,800$196,600

Median gross rent

$604$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar	Marathon City
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.0%
75 and over	11.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar	Marathon City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar	Marathon City
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	44.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar	Marathon City
Drove alone	80.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	10.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar	Marathon City
1-unit, detached	70.9%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Edgar	Marathon City
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1980	1973