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Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area

217,382 Population
1,024.9 square miles 212.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,483 ±$1,714 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $35,086 ±$435
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$59,628 ±$5,174 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $66,559 ±$712
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

16.9% ±2.1% (34,557  ±4,260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 14% 1,476,348 (±0.4% / ±43,526)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.5 minutes ±0.5 (2,050,235  ±62,309) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,631,090 (±0.1 / ±696,696)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

87,263 ±2,236 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,001,109 ±12,817
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0.1 (204,723  ±4,527) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,546,098 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.3% ±1.7% (2,663  ±1,073) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,093 (±0.3% / ±7,538)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

91,171 ±2,148 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,475,242 ±715
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$259,900 ±$15,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $249,700 ±$2,441
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

20.1% ±3.1% (43,343  ±6,740.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,445,130 (±0.4% / ±41,727.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.9% ±4.2% (119,918  ±5,895.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,436,394 (±0.7% / ±50,274)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
45.4% ±3.1% (60,605  ±4,206.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 34.6% 2,505,076 (±0.4% / ±31,475.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

7.7% ±1.2% (16,703  ±2,563) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10% 1,082,965 (±0.2% / ±22,871)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.5% ±0.9% (9,526  ±1,583) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 595,743 (±0.2% / ±14,587)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
9,526 Total veterans ±1,583 8,720 Male ±1,515 806 Female ±441

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