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Athens township, Athens County, OH

29,458 Population
36.6 square miles 805 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Athens County: 32.8 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,449 ±$2,450 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Athens County: $29,474 ±$1,378
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$45,730 ±$5,394 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Athens County: $53,837 ±$3,216
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

34.5% ±3.6% (7,798  ±813) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Athens County: 22.1% 11,914 (±1.6% / ±885)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

16.7 minutes ±1.7 (192,590  ±24,071) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Athens County: 22.5 554,725 (±1.4 / ±41,397)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

9,930 ±411 Number of households
  • Athens County: 22,722 ±426
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.3 ±0.1 (22,526  ±301) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Athens County: 2.4 53,843 (±0.1 / ±326)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

0.6% ±0.5% (65  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Athens County: 2.4% † 426 (±0.8% / ±142)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

11,333 ±344 Number of housing units
  • Athens County: 26,466 ±148
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$226,800 ±$11,631 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Athens County: $173,800 ±$10,390
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

42.5% ±3% (12,505  ±886.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Athens County: 25.6% 15,663 (±1.7% / ±1,016.2)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

95.5% ±5.8% (12,659  ±908.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Athens County: 91.8% 33,383 (±3.4% / ±1,271)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
58.4% ±4.5% (7,745  ±670.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Athens County: 35.4% 12,880 (±2.2% / ±818.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

7.1% ±1.7% (2,089  ±500) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Athens County: 3.8% 2,337
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

4.7% ±1.2% (1,238  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Athens County: 6.4% † 3,354 (±0.8% / ±441)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
1,238 Total veterans ±307 1,184 Male ±304 54 Female ±49

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