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Athens, TX

13,013 Population
17.8 square miles 729.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,394 ±$3,663 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, TX Micro Area: $33,734 ±$1,842
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$70,601 ±$13,455 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Athens, TX Micro Area: $63,955 ±$2,911
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

12.6% ±4.2% (1,508  ±496) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 14.2% 11,667 (±1.4% / ±1,110)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

24.2 minutes ±4.3 (137,365  ±26,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 30.1 950,705 (±1.1 / ±51,773)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

4,369 ±345 Number of households
  • the Athens, TX Micro Area: 32,597 ±609
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.2 (11,900  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 2.5 82,279 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

7.2% ±2.7% (234  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 7% † 1,186 (±1.6% / ±267)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

5,148 ±334 Number of housing units
  • the Athens, TX Micro Area: 41,352 ±56
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$205,700 ±$19,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Athens, TX Micro Area: $189,600 ±$12,729
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

19% ±4.1% (2,424  ±521.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 13.7% 11,307 (±1.4% / ±1,122.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

84.5% ±6.5% (6,946  ±642.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 87.5% 51,823 (±2.7% / ±1,573.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
21.9% ±4.3% (1,799  ±361.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 20.2% 11,968 (±1.4% / ±829.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

10.2% ±2.4% (1,324  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 4.9% 4,119
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.1% ±2.6% (687  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Athens, TX Micro Area: 8.6% 5,635 (±0.7% / ±447)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
687 Total veterans ±257 485 Male ±187 202 Female ±148

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