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Athens, TN

14,250 Population
15.6 square miles 915.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 43 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,659 ±$3,330 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $30,577 ±$1,282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$53,151 ±$5,881 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $59,361 ±$4,039
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

18.4% ±4.1% (2,453  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 13.5% † 8,864 (±1.6% / ±1,048)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

22.4 minutes ±2.4 (139,825  ±17,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 25.9 668,035 (±0.9 / ±33,372)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

6,031 ±313 Number of households
  • the Athens, TN Micro Area: 26,750 ±479
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.1 (13,316  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 2.5 65,891 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.9% ±2.8% (221  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 6.8% † 978 (±1.8% / ±255)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

6,678 ±348 Number of housing units
  • the Athens, TN Micro Area: 30,191 ±38
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$197,300 ±$12,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $189,200 ±$6,963
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

17% ±3.8% (2,379  ±531.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 14.4% † 9,545 (±1.9% / ±1,225.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

86.7% ±6% (8,670  ±685.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 85.5% 40,855 (±2.8% / ±1,352.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
22.6% ±3.7% (2,265  ±381.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 16.4% 7,833 (±1.4% / ±664.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

5.2% ±2.2% (739  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 2.7% 1,811
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.2% ±1.4% (730  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 8.6% 4,548 (±0.7% / ±391)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
730 Total veterans ±162 719 Male ±162 11 Female ±19

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