Marinette vs Niagara

A side-by-side comparison of Marinette and Niagara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marinette has the higher population (11,060 vs 1,386 in Niagara). Niagara has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $57,461 in Marinette). Marinette has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $90,200 in Niagara).

Population, income & housing

	Marinette	Niagara
Population	11,060	1,386
Median age	40.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,461	$57,500
Median home value	$111,600	$90,200
Median gross rent	$763	$780
Housing units	5,502	753
Homeownership rate	70.0%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marinette	Niagara
Population	10,608 → 11,060 (+4.3%)	1,509 → 1,386 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$42,788 → $57,461 (+34.3%)	$41,328 → $57,500 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $111,600 (+29.2%)	$74,700 → $90,200 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $763 (+9.2%)	$684 → $780 (+14.0%)

Marinette

Population

10,60811,060

Median household income

$42,788$57,461

Median home value

$86,400$111,600

Median gross rent

$699$763

Niagara

Population

1,5091,386

Median household income

$41,328$57,500

Median home value

$74,700$90,200

Median gross rent

$684$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marinette	Niagara
Under 5	5.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	17.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.5%
75 and over	9.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marinette	Niagara
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marinette	Niagara
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marinette	Niagara
Drove alone	86.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	11.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marinette	Niagara
1-unit, detached	68.9%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marinette	Niagara
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1959	1954