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Athens, LA

358 Population
3.5 square miles 102.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Claiborne Parish: 42.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,622 ±$4,132 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Claiborne Parish: $20,451 † ±$2,975
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$15,673 ±$10,444 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Claiborne Parish: $32,831 ±$2,551
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

55.3% ±21.9% (198  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Claiborne Parish: 32% † 3,817 (±4.6% / ±545)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±19 (2,380  ±1,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Claiborne Parish: 30.6 † 115,730 (±3.5 / ±16,910)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

175 ±61 Number of households
  • Claiborne Parish: 5,155 ±219
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (358  ±147) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Claiborne Parish: 2.3 11,952 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17.4% ±16.5% (12  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Claiborne Parish: 9.8% † 228 (±5.7% / ±133)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

204 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Claiborne Parish: 6,810 ±28
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,000 ±$56,947 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Claiborne Parish: $82,100 ±$5,314
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±18.6% (46  ±67.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Claiborne Parish: 6% † 826 (±2.3% / ±311.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.1% ±40.2% (178  ±64.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Claiborne Parish: 78% 8,003 (±4.9% / ±548.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.5% ±13.9% (24  ±33) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Claiborne Parish: 10.7% † 1,097 (±1.7% / ±173.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-third 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

1.4% ±2.5% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Claiborne Parish: 0.8% 108
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.6% ±1.5% (4  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Claiborne Parish: 5.4% † 605 (±1.3% / ±145)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4 Total veterans ±4 4 Male ±4 N/A Female ±14

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