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Athens, OH Urban Area

26,686 Population
9.5 square miles 2,823.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,576 ±$3,138 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,970 ±$6,680 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

36.1% ±3.8% (7,200  ±798) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±2.4 (175,545  ±27,996) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,089 ±458 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (19,853  ±687) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.6% ±0.4% (58  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,214 ±475 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$238,400 ±$12,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

44.9% ±3.5% (11,953  ±979.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.6% (10,181  ±820.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
58.3% ±4.7% (6,314  ±611) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.3% ±1.1% (1,941  ±307) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±1.3% (949  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
949 Total veterans ±315 935 Male ±310 14 Female ±19

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