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Athens, NY

1,877 Population
3.4 square miles 548.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 47.4 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$47,566 ±$6,539 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $41,292 ±$2,301
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$82,500 ±$14,812 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $74,011 ±$3,467
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.1% ±6.3% (171  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greene County: 11% † 4,945 (±1.6% / ±723)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.4 minutes ±5.3 (22,615  ±5,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Greene County: 28.8 541,650 (±0.8 / ±25,510)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

754 ±113 Number of households
  • Greene County: 18,188 ±435
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.5 (1,844  ±263) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Greene County: 2.5 44,737 (±0.1 / ±66)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.8% ±3.2% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Greene County: 2.8% † 252 (±0.9% / ±86)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

958 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 29,037 ±63
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$301,200 ±$41,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $248,300 ±$9,077
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.6% ±3.5% (124  ±67) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greene County: 8% † 3,798 (±1.4% / ±644.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.3% ±18.9% (1,408  ±202.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Greene County: 88.8% 32,200 (±3.2% / ±1,153)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
41.5% ±8.3% (633  ±157) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Greene County: 28.9% 10,491 (±1.8% / ±669.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

12.3% ±5.7% (231  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Greene County: 4.9% 2,313
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.2% ±2.4% (115  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Greene County: 7.2% † 2,845 (±0.8% / ±334)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
115 Total veterans ±42 107 Male ±39 8 Female ±8

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