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Athens, AL

29,002 Population
41.8 square miles 693.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,717 ±$4,256 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $46,601 ±$1,014
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,922 ±$8,296 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $85,989 ±$1,337
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±2.8% (3,457  ±803) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.1% 50,614 (±0.6% / ±3,102)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±2.3 (305,055  ±33,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 23 4,974,145 (±0.4 / ±106,163)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,251 ±496 Number of households
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 205,984 ±1,135
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (28,346  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 2.4 502,250 (±0 / ±464)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±2.1% (326  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 4.5% 5,448 (±0.4% / ±535)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,415 ±486 Number of housing units
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 222,961 ±195
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$270,000 ±$18,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $295,200 ±$4,353
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±3.3% (3,420  ±949.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 13.6% 69,506 (±0.7% / ±3,716.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±4.9% (18,466  ±1,171.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 91.5% 326,563 (±1.3% / ±4,655.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.4% ±2.7% (6,548  ±606.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 42.9% 153,066 (±0.8% / ±2,937.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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

5.8% ±1.8% (1,669  ±534) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 5.6% 28,743
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1.2% (1,699  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.3% 41,659 (±0.4% / ±1,691)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,699 Total veterans ±283 1,506 Male ±250 193 Female ±129

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