Work & commute · Marathon

Work & commute in Marathon, WI

Most working residents leave Marathon for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (21%), Weston (4%) and Marshfield (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

121 of 813 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 692 Marathon residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 2,276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marathon.

692live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

2,276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marathon goes to work

Wausau10.1 mi away

21%171

Marathon City (in town)right here

15%121

Weston15.1 mi away

4%35

Marshfield24.7 mi away

4%34

Schofield11.3 mi away

4%33

Edgar5.6 mi away

4%29

Rib Mountain8.7 mi away

2%19

Stratford14.6 mi away

2%15

Mosinee13 mi away

2%15

Rothschild12.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%327

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Marathon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

34%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marathon is a job hub

2.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marathon are

2,397 jobs are based in Marathon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marathon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marathon

2,397 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Marathon residents hold

813 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+19%

Jobs based in Marathon, 2013 → 2023: 2,008 → 2,397. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.