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Athens town, Greene County, NY

3,936 Population
26.2 square miles 150 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 47.4 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,364 ±$6,721 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $44,090 ±$2,785
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,896 ±$13,989 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $77,945 ±$5,126
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.6% ±3.4% (259  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Greene County: 9.9% † 4,433 (±1.6% / ±708)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.3 minutes ±3.3 (47,300  ±7,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Greene County: 28.9 539,020 (±0.9 / ±28,127)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,578 ±125 Number of households
  • Greene County: 18,674 ±510
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (3,903  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Greene County: 2.4 44,416 (±0.1 / ±73)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.3% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Greene County: 2.8% † 261 (±1% / ±95)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,123 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 29,080 ±45
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$274,700 ±$30,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Greene County: $271,600 ±$11,132
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±4.1% (381  ±159.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Greene County: 8.1% † 3,799 (±1.2% / ±569.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±9.3% (3,016  ±319.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Greene County: 89.1% 32,522 (±3.2% / ±1,174.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.4% ±7.2% (1,278  ±237.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Greene County: 29.9% 10,936 (±1.9% / ±689.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11.3% ±4.6% (446  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Greene County: 5.2% 2,455
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.7% (201  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greene County: 7.1% 2,834 (±0.7% / ±272)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
201 Total veterans ±58 193 Male ±56 8 Female ±8

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