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Athens town, Greene County, NY

3,942 Population
26.2 square miles 150.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 47.4 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$47,481 ±$6,635 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
$80,098 ±$9,472 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $74,011 ±$3,467
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.5% ±3.3% (218  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Greene County: 11% † 4,945 (±1.6% / ±723)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

29.5 minutes ±2.7 (50,280  ±7,362) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than 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

1,546 ±124 Number of households
  • Greene County: 18,188 ±435
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.2 (3,909  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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

1.2% ±1.4% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Greene County: 2.8% † 252 (±0.9% / ±86)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,140 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 29,037 ±63
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$259,700 ±$24,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Greene County: $248,300 ±$9,077
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

8.8% ±3.8% (346  ±148.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Greene County: 8% † 3,798 (±1.4% / ±644.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.1% ±8.3% (2,960  ±287) 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)
38.7% ±6.2% (1,242  ±205.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Greene County: 28.9% 10,491 (±1.8% / ±669.7)
  • about the same as 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

12.2% ±3.8% (479  ±149) 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

6.5% ±2.2% (223  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greene County: 7.2% † 2,845 (±0.8% / ±334)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
223 Total veterans ±77 215 Male ±75 8 Female ±8

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