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Athens, OH

23,211 Population
9.9 square miles 2,333.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 32.8 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,562 ±$2,735 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Athens, OH Micro Area: $29,474 ±$1,378
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$37,059 ±$4,909 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Athens, OH Micro Area: $53,837 ±$3,216
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

41.6% ±3.9% (6,834  ±656) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 22.1% 11,914 (±1.6% / ±885)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

16.4 minutes ±2.1 (152,165  ±23,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 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

7,081 ±412 Number of households
  • the Athens, OH Micro Area: 22,722 ±426
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.3 ±0.1 (16,355  ±305) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 2.4 53,843 (±0.1 / ±326)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

0.6% ±0.5% (57  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 2.4% † 426 (±0.8% / ±142)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

8,062 ±370 Number of housing units
  • the Athens, OH Micro Area: 26,466 ±148
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$242,200 ±$15,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Athens, OH Micro Area: $173,800 ±$10,390
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

49.2% ±3.5% (11,412  ±819.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 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

95.6% ±6.1% (7,808  ±662.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 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)
67.1% ±5.5% (5,481  ±544.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 35.4% 12,880 (±2.2% / ±818.1)
  • more than 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

7.7% ±2.1% (1,791  ±487) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 3.8% 2,337
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

3.5% ±1.3% (751  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Athens, OH Micro Area: 6.4% † 3,354 (±0.8% / ±441)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
751 Total veterans ±283 713 Male ±277 38 Female ±41

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