Marathon City vs Schofield

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

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

Schofield has the higher population (2,020 vs 1,397 in Marathon City). Marathon City has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $65,478 in Schofield). Marathon City has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $144,200 in Schofield).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon City	Schofield
Population	1,397	2,020
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,000	$65,478
Median home value	$196,600	$144,200
Median gross rent	$760	$946
Housing units	555	1,139
Homeownership rate	80.4%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon City	Schofield
Population	1,376 → 1,397 (+1.5%)	2,222 → 2,020 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$63,984 → $90,000 (+40.7%)	$48,654 → $65,478 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $196,600 (+33.0%)	$105,700 → $144,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $760 (+25.8%)	$805 → $946 (+17.5%)

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

Schofield

Population

2,2222,020

Median household income

$48,654$65,478

Median home value

$105,700$144,200

Median gross rent

$805$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon City	Schofield
Under 5	3.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	13.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.1%
75 and over	8.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon City	Schofield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon City	Schofield
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon City	Schofield
Drove alone	74.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon City	Schofield
1-unit, detached	80.9%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	21.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Marathon City	Schofield
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.55	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1973	1959