Ardmore vs Athens

A side-by-side comparison of Ardmore and Athens: population, income, housing, and more.

Ardmore and Athens are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Athens has the higher population (27,474 vs 1,444 in Ardmore). Athens has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $43,542 in Ardmore). Athens has the higher median home value ($253,700 vs $183,600 in Ardmore).

Population, income & housing

	Ardmore	Athens
Population	1,444	27,474
Median age	33.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,542	$65,000
Median home value	$183,600	$253,700
Median gross rent	$715	$834
Housing units	624	12,192
Homeownership rate	56.4%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardmore	Athens
Population	1,350 → 1,444 (+7.0%)	25,922 → 27,474 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$37,069 → $43,542 (+17.5%)	$53,165 → $65,000 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $183,600 (+65.3%)	$161,400 → $253,700 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $715 (-4.7%)	$664 → $834 (+25.6%)

Ardmore

Population

1,3501,444

Median household income

$37,069$43,542

Median home value

$111,100$183,600

Median gross rent

$750$715

Athens

Population

25,92227,474

Median household income

$53,165$65,000

Median home value

$161,400$253,700

Median gross rent

$664$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ardmore	Athens
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardmore	Athens
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	68.4%
Black or African American	8.2%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardmore	Athens
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardmore	Athens
Drove alone	83.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardmore	Athens
1-unit, detached	72.6%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Ardmore	Athens
Poverty rate	18.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1982	1986