Marathon City vs Stratford

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

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

Stratford has the higher population (1,439 vs 1,397 in Marathon City). Marathon City has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $65,880 in Stratford). Marathon City has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $189,700 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Marathon City	Stratford
Population	1,397	1,439
Median age	46.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,000	$65,880
Median home value	$196,600	$189,700
Median gross rent	$760	$877
Housing units	555	703
Homeownership rate	80.4%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marathon City	Stratford
Population	1,376 → 1,397 (+1.5%)	1,562 → 1,439 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$63,984 → $90,000 (+40.7%)	$53,300 → $65,880 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $196,600 (+33.0%)	$137,100 → $189,700 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $760 (+25.8%)	$545 → $877 (+60.9%)

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

Stratford

Population

1,5621,439

Median household income

$53,300$65,880

Median home value

$137,100$189,700

Median gross rent

$545$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marathon City	Stratford
Under 5	3.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.4%
75 and over	8.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marathon City	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marathon City	Stratford
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marathon City	Stratford
Drove alone	74.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marathon City	Stratford
1-unit, detached	80.9%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Marathon City	Stratford
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1973	1979