† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMarathonFloridaUnited States
Irish12.0%8.2%9.4%
German11.7%8.9%12.5%
English11.2%8.2%9.5%
Italian6.3%5.6%4.8%
American6.3%7.7%5.3%
Polish2.9%2.1%2.2%
French2.9%1.7%1.6%
Scottish2.0%1.3%1.3%
Cuban19.5%7.3%0.7%
Mexican2.6%3.3%11.3%
Nicaraguan2.5%0.6%—
Puerto Rican1.7%5.6%1.8%
Spaniard1.0%——
Venezuelan0.8%1.6%—
Spanish0.8%——
Honduran0.7%0.6%0.3%
African American†1.0%9.5%9.9%
Haitian1.0%2.3%0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Marathon
Florida
United States
Median age
45.6
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Marathon
Florida
United States
Median household income
$89,355
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.4%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.1%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Marathon
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
25.9%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
23.4%
22.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Marathon
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Marathon, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−17.8%
2008
−13.3%
2012
−15.3%
2016
−23.3%
2020
−22.2%
2024
−31.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
33.7%Harris1,605
65.4%Trump3,114
0.9%
R+31.7
R+9.5
R+30.2
4,764
R
38.4%Biden1,914
60.6%Trump3,019
1.0%
R+22.2
D+1.1
R+26.6
4,985
R
35.9%Clinton1,647
59.2%Trump2,716
4.8%
R+23.3
R+8.0
R+25.4
4,585
R
41.8%Obama1,768
57.1%Romney2,416
1.1%
R+15.3
R+2.0
R+19.2
4,229
R
42.6%Obama1,895
55.9%McCain2,486
1.5%
R+13.3
D+4.5
R+20.6
4,447
R
40.5%Kerry1,784
58.3%Bush2,568
1.3%
R+17.8
—
R+15.3
4,408
Marathon sits at the midpoint of the Overseas Highway, and its part-time population of winter residents creates persistent gaps between registered voters and Election Day participants that can shift local race outcomes by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.7 points.
A population of 9,914, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,355 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Key Largo and Vero Lake Estates.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Marathon, Florida voted Republican by 31.7 points (R+31.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,764 votes cast, 1,605 went Democratic and 3,114 went Republican.
How many people live in Marathon, Florida?
Marathon, Florida has a population of 9,914 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marathon, Florida?
Median household income in Marathon, Florida is $89,355 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Marathon, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Marathon, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
