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Athens, TN Urban Area

15,568 Population
15.5 square miles 1,006.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,406 ±$4,322 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,538 ±$6,442 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.3% ±3.8% (2,690  ±560) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.6 minutes ±2.3 (145,945  ±18,732) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,730 ±395 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.2 (14,634  ±554) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.2% ±2.8% (237  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,372 ±417 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$196,400 ±$10,381 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

17.3% ±3.7% (2,649  ±573.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.3% ±5.1% (9,509  ±729.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
21.3% ±3.3% (2,376  ±387.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

6.4% ±2% (998  ±312) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.8% ±1.6% (876  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
876 Total veterans ±204 865 Male ±203 11 Female ±19

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