Maine vs Marathon City

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

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

Maine has the higher population (2,608 vs 1,397 in Marathon City). Maine has the higher median household income ($110,592 vs $90,000 in Marathon City). Maine has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $196,600 in Marathon City).

Population, income & housing

	Maine	Marathon City
Population	2,608	1,397
Median age	48.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,592	$90,000
Median home value	$262,100	$196,600
Median gross rent	$902	$760
Housing units	1,177	555
Homeownership rate	92.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maine	Marathon City
Population	2,581 → 2,608 (+1.0%)	1,376 → 1,397 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$76,306 → $110,592 (+44.9%)	$63,984 → $90,000 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$192,400 → $262,100 (+36.2%)	$147,800 → $196,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $902 (+16.1%)	$604 → $760 (+25.8%)

Maine

Population

2,5812,608

Median household income

$76,306$110,592

Median home value

$192,400$262,100

Median gross rent

$777$902

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)

	Maine	Marathon City
Under 5	3.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.0%
75 and over	6.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maine	Marathon City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maine	Marathon City
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maine	Marathon City
Drove alone	76.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maine	Marathon City
1-unit, detached	91.3%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Maine	Marathon City
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1981	1973