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Marathon city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Marathon city is a Census city of 234 people across 0.75 square miles of land, in Buena Vista County. Median household income is $39,375, 89.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Marathon
What Marathon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.75 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land312 plus or minus 99
- County holding the largest share of its areaBuena Vista County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Marathon
- Population234 plus or minus 74
- Median age53.5
- Population under 1842 plus or minus 32
- Share under 1817.9 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Population 65 and over63 plus or minus 21
- Share 65 and over26.9 percent
- Households113 plus or minus 27
- Family households52 plus or minus 18
- Share of households that are families46.0 percent plus or minus 11.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Marathon
- Median household income$39,375 plus or minus $17,727
- Per capita income$24,683 plus or minus $5,178
- Civilian labor force133 plus or minus 59
- Employed113 plus or minus 47
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 27
- Unemployment rate15.0 percent plus or minus 19.2
- Adults 25 and over169 plus or minus 46
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.4 percent plus or minus 31.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.8 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.7 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Marathon
- Housing units135 plus or minus 32
- Occupied units113 plus or minus 27
- Vacant units22 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate16.3 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Owner occupied101 plus or minus 26
- Renter occupied12 plus or minus 8
- Ownership rate89.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$46,900 plus or minus $18,131
- Median gross rent, monthly$775 plus or minus $166
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Single family units129 plus or minus 34
- Share single family95.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more4.4 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Marathon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute110 plus or minus 46
- Commuting under 15 minutes30 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.3 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more51 plus or minus 38
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.4 percent plus or minus 28.1
- Drove alone72.3 percent plus or minus 40.5
- Carpooled20.5 percent plus or minus 28.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Worked from home1.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena Vista County, not Marathon
Buena Vista County context, not Marathon figures
These are Buena Vista County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Marathon measurements.
- Establishments in Buena Vista County491
- Employment at those establishments, Buena Vista County8,855
- Covered employment, Buena Vista County10,683
- Average annual pay, Buena Vista County$53,893
- Average weekly wage, Buena Vista County$1,036
- Housing units permitted, Buena Vista County172
- Of those, single family, Buena Vista County91
- County product, 2024, Buena Vista County$1,938,391,000
- County product change over the prior year, Buena Vista County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Buena Vista County$45,361
Every figure in this section is published for Buena Vista County as a whole and is not a measurement of Marathon. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Marathon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Marathon, Iowa?
234, in 113 households. Marathon city covers 0.75 square miles of land, which is 312 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Marathon in?
Buena Vista County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Marathon?
$39,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $46,900. Median gross rent is $775 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Marathon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Buena Vista County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Marathon.
Is zoning published for Marathon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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