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Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area

220,191 Population
1,024.9 square miles 214.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,590 ±$1,476 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $38,378 ±$332
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$61,978 ±$3,967 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $72,837 ±$640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.6% ±3.1% (43,288  ±6,555) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 12.7% 1,348,344 (±0.4% / ±37,893)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.8 minutes ±1.1 (2,302,090  ±148,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.2 123,162,450 (±0.3 / ±1,395,216)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

85,600 ±1,869 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,092,467 ±12,679
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (209,814  ±2,527) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 † 10,662,548 (±135.8 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±1.7% (2,527  ±1,044) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 5.7% 151,128 (±0.4% / ±9,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

92,303 ±1,048 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,539,156 ±441
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$308,400 ±$17,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $297,400 ±$1,891
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

21% ±2.5% (46,020  ±5,442.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,442,802 (±0.3% / ±34,081)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

90.4% ±4.1% (123,021  ±5,877.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.5% 6,564,044 (±0.6% / ±46,130)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
42.9% ±2.8% (58,394  ±3,884.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 34.7% 2,544,114 (±0.4% / ±26,526.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.8% ±1% (17,139  ±2,149) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10.7% † 1,168,022 (±544.9% / ±23,784)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.2% ±1% (9,176  ±1,751) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 607,506 (±0.2% / ±14,039)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
9,176 Total veterans ±1,751 8,102 Male ±1,501 1,074 Female ±658

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