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Athens, MI

1,149 Population
1 square miles 1,140.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,374 ±$4,772 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: $33,239 ±$868
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$58,438 ±$23,343 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: $60,385 ±$1,762
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.9% ±7.5% (137  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 14.2% 18,521 (±1% / ±1,345)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

29.2 minutes ±14.6 (14,195  ±3,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 20.6 1,102,930 (±0.5 / ±35,377)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

427 ±94 Number of households
  • the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 53,431 ±484
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.1 (1,149  ±258) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 2.4 130,141 (±0 / ±80)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.6% ±3.6% (7  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,622 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

474 ±96 Number of housing units
  • the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 59,626 ±99
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$141,800 ±$17,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: $151,500 ±$3,614
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.5% ±7.2% (108  ±85.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 11.6% 15,311 (±1% / ±1,365.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

92.3% ±27.9% (744  ±148.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 90.9% 83,372 (±2% / ±1,794.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
8.6% ±3.1% (69  ±29.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 22.2% 20,362 (±1% / ±916.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

0.7% ±1.1% (8  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 4.2% 5,633
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.2% ±2.5% (74  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 7.5% 7,729 (±0.5% / ±558)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
74 Total veterans ±29 72 Male ±29 2 Female ±3

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