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Athens County, OH

61,276 Population
503.6 square miles 121.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,366 ±$1,464 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $37,729 ±$162
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$48,750 ±$3,695 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $66,990 ±$272
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

24.5% ±1.9% (13,049  ±1,041) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,526,507 (±0.2% / ±17,011)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

22.8 minutes ±1.4 (566,845  ±40,637) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 23.6 118,947,336 (±0.1 / ±595,911)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

22,582 ±506 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,789,408 ±9,328
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (53,354  ±322) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,481,298
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

1.7% ±0.7% (295  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 146,473 (±0.1% / ±2,778)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

26,420 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,251,209 ±586
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$161,700 ±$8,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $183,300 ±$683
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

26.9% ±1.7% (16,375  ±1,058.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13% 1,511,884 (±0.1% / ±15,318.1)
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

91.7% ±3.3% (33,135  ±1,199.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.4% 7,401,300 (±0.3% / ±21,111.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
34.3% ±2.1% (12,379  ±,775.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 30.4% 2,459,325 (±0.2% / ±12,546.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

4% (2,451  ±404) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 4.9% 572,364
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6% ±0.7% (3,125  ±385) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 7% 644,363 (±0.1% / ±5,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
3,125 Total veterans ±385 2,881 Male ±359 244 Female ±123

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