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Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA

128,423 Population
116.4 square miles 1,102.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 32.8 ±0.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,808 ±$2,272 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: $35,162 ±$1,991
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
$53,775 ±$4,976 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: $67,364 ±$4,967
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833

25% ±3.7% (29,438  ±4,351) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 19.6% † 40,757 (±2.4% / ±4,944)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)

20 minutes ±1.3 (1,179,700  ±97,953) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 22.9 2,179,855 (±0.9 / ±126,710)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)

Families

54,856 ±1,281 Number of households
  • the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 87,635 ±1,824
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
2.2 ±0.1 (117,916  ±579) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 2.4 208,896 (±0.1 / ±2,282)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 † 10,774,563 (±,133.9 / ±-555,555,600)

1.6% ±1.1% (634  ±430) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 2.8% † 1,720 (±1.1% / ±656)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)

Housing

58,706 ±278 Number of housing units
  • the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 94,301 ±1,127
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467

$319,300 ±$20,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: $328,000 ±$14,824
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915

28.2% ±3.3% (35,968  ±4,220.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 19.9% † 43,448 (±2.2% / ±4,746.9)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)

Social

89.5% ±5.4% (67,792  ±4,286.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 90.5% 123,490 (±3.7% / ±5,579.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
50% ±3.8% (37,823  ±2,950.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 46.7% 63,772 (±2.6% / ±3,725.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)

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

9.4% ±1.7% (12,082  ±2,157) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 7.6% † 16,756 (±1% / ±2,298)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% † 1,274,462 (±,582.1% / ±24,182)

3.4% ±0.9% (3,686  ±982) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area: 4.2% † 7,499 (±0.7% / ±1,306)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
3,686 Total veterans ±982 2,961 Male ±750 725 Female ±556

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