Places/WI/Marathon County, WI
County profile

Marathon County, WI

United States · GDP 2024
#385 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$11.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
65,770
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,436
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
139,432
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$77.9k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
28.1%±0.9%
Poverty rate
8.7%±0.8%
Business applications
1,385 · 2025
Retail establishments
414
29.8/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1PSB Holdings, Inc.Financial Services2Marathon Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing38%
Health care22%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation10%
Finance & insurance8%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
139,432
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $65.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+33
International migration+1,319
Natural change+15

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$9.3B
2019
$9.1B
2020
$9.8B
2021
$10.7B
2022
$11.3B
2023
$11.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.6k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$999/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
5.0%±0.6%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$114.5M
348 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 98Lightning 95Hail 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
307
2016
316
2017
333
2018
351
2019
358
2020
390
2021
446
2022
492
2023
520
2024
560
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-30% since 2021
494
2021
364
2022
396
2023
408
2024
348
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.3 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
6.4 km
FOXY
Nearest port
143.8 km
FOX RIVER DOCK COMPANY GREEN BAY SLIP & RIVER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
15.3 km
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Marathon?

Marathon's economy produced $11.9B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.