Marathon, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Marathon, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 498. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MARATHON-TX · Marathon, TX 1 ZIPs · 498 pop · #22962/25278 · Brewster County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $45,596
- RANK-BOTTOM #22962/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Big Bend Nationa
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-LOW 62% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 498
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $240,000
Nearest income peer: Big Bend National Park, TX (+ $4,021 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Marathon
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Marathon on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Terlingua · lowest
Terlingua · lowest
$34,712 median HH income
- Marathon · this city
Marathon · this city
$45,596 median HH income
- Big Bend Natio · near
Big Bend Natio · near
$49,617 median HH income
- Alpine · highest
Alpine · highest
$66,546 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Marathon, TX sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 9th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 498
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $45,596
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($45,596 average) · poverty 18.2%. The primary code (79842) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.1%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Texas, San Benito is the closest lower-income city and Queen City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Marathon.
ZIP Codes in Marathon, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Brewster County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Marathon. See the Brewster County roll-up →
Marathon sits in the lower half of Brewster County on income: Alpine and Big Bend National Park report more, and only Terlingua reports less. Alpine marks the far end of that range at $66,546, 46% above Marathon.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79842 | 498 | 0 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Marathon, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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