Home values, rents and more in Marathon County, WI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Marathon County, WI compares
The typical home in Marathon County, WI is worth about $277,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Marathon County, WI are about the same as the typical value in the Wausau metro area ($271,000) and 24% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Marathon County, WI rose 9.2%, compared with +8.8% in the Wausau metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $975 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Wausau metro area ($960) and 50% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $77,884, against $77,884 in the Wausau metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 139,432 people live in Marathon County, WI (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Marathon County, WI has the 26th-lowest typical home value of the 72 counties in Wisconsin with Zillow figures.
Part of: Wausau metro area · Wisconsin
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Nearby counties
Cities in Marathon County, WI
ZIP codes in Marathon County, WI
- 54401 · Wausau $259,000
- 54403 · Wausau $238,000
- 54405 · Abbotsford $199,000
- 54408 · Aniwa $247,000
- 54411 · Athens $249,000
- 54421 · Colby $223,000
- 54425 · Dorchester $216,000
- 54426 · Edgar $263,000
- 54427 · Eland $248,000
- 54440 · Hatley $279,000
- 54448 · Marathon $311,000
- 54455 · Kronenwetter $322,000
- 54471 · Ringle $355,000
- 54474 · Rothschild $264,000
- 54476 · Weston $302,000
- 54479 · Spencer $230,000
- 54484 · Stratford $277,000
- 54488 · Unity $222,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.