Marathon City vs Spencer

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

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

Spencer has the higher population (1,621 vs 1,397 in Marathon City). Marathon City has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $74,245 in Spencer). Marathon City has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $143,000 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon City	Spencer
Population	1,397	1,621
Median age	46.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,000	$74,245
Median home value	$196,600	$143,000
Median gross rent	$760	$550
Housing units	555	726
Homeownership rate	80.4%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon City	Spencer
Population	1,376 → 1,397 (+1.5%)	1,815 → 1,621 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$63,984 → $90,000 (+40.7%)	$54,063 → $74,245 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $196,600 (+33.0%)	$112,300 → $143,000 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $760 (+25.8%)	$665 → $550 (-17.3%)

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

Spencer

Population

1,8151,621

Median household income

$54,063$74,245

Median home value

$112,300$143,000

Median gross rent

$665$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon City	Spencer
Under 5	3.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	18.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.3%
75 and over	8.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon City	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon City	Spencer
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon City	Spencer
Drove alone	74.2%	68.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon City	Spencer
1-unit, detached	80.9%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Marathon City	Spencer
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1973	1971