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Athens, AL

27,474 Population
40.6 square miles 676.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$39,921 ±$2,857 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $45,250 ±$872
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$65,000 ±$8,846 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $83,529 ±$1,366
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

13.5% ±2.9% (3,631  ±772) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.4% 50,962 (±0.6% / ±3,131)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

24.7 minutes ±2.1 (290,900  ±30,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 22.9 4,883,750 (±0.3 / ±100,434)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

11,166 ±447 Number of households
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 202,490 ±1,176
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.1 (26,818  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 2.4 490,230 (±0 / ±498)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.9% ±2.4% (304  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 5,814 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

12,192 ±408 Number of housing units
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 218,196 ±225
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$253,700 ±$17,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $265,000 ±$4,853
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

11.2% ±3% (3,048  ±802.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 14.4% 71,650 (±0.7% / ±3,568)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

88.8% ±5% (17,510  ±1,116.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 91.5% 318,557 (±1.4% / ±4,721)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
30.8% ±2.8% (6,083  ±580.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 42.4% 147,507 (±0.8% / ±2,869.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±1.7% (1,443  ±459) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 5.4% 27,020
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

6.9% ±1.3% (1,504  ±293) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.5% 41,455 (±0.4% / ±1,594)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,504 Total veterans ±293 1,351 Male ±267 153 Female ±97

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