Census Reporter

Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area

210,810 Population
1,024.9 square miles 205.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,718 ±$1,118 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $32,427 ±$189
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$49,503 ±$1,797 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $61,224 ±$306
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

20.5% ±1% (40,791  ±2,045) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.3% 1,461,572 (±0.2% / ±17,326)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22.5 minutes ±0.5 (2,050,235  ±62,309) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

80,156 ±837 Number of households
  • Georgia: 3,830,264 ±8,096
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (198,779  ±870) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,253,888 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±1% (2,869  ±586) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 134,386 (±0.1% / ±3,625)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

86,768 ±391 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,329,675 ±661
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$193,700 ±$6,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $190,200 ±$860
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

21.2% ±1.1% (44,020  ±2,384.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 14.5% 1,509,147 (±0.2% / ±15,979.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

89.1% ±2% (114,622  ±2,636.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 87.9% 6,147,772 (±0.3% / ±23,903)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
40.2% ±1.3% (51,654  ±1,666.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 32.2% 2,252,662 (±0.2% / ±13,897.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

7.5% ±0.4% (15,816  ±855) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10.2% 1,068,027 (±0.1% / ±12,154)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.6% ±0.4% (9,456  ±660) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.9% 625,251 (±0.1% / ±7,372)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
9,456 Total veterans ±660 8,653 Male ±569 803 Female ±235

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