Athens vs Sleepy Hollow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Athens and Sleepy Hollow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Athens and Sleepy Hollow Lake are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Athens has the higher population (1,877 vs 1,566 in Sleepy Hollow Lake). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $82,500 in Athens). Athens has the higher median home value ($301,200 vs $272,000 in Sleepy Hollow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	1,877	1,566
Median age	51.6 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$88,906
Median home value	$301,200	$272,000
Median gross rent	$978	—
Housing units	958	926
Homeownership rate	78.2%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	1,604 → 1,877 (+17.0%)	1,276 → 1,566 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$54,259 → $82,500 (+52.0%)	$78,221 → $88,906 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $301,200 (+57.2%)	$195,600 → $272,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $978 (+12.5%)	—

Athens

Population

1,6041,877

Median household income

$54,259$82,500

Median home value

$191,600$301,200

Median gross rent

$869$978

Sleepy Hollow Lake

Population

1,2761,566

Median household income

$78,221$88,906

Median home value

$195,600$272,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Under 5	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	18.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	22.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	14.0%
75 and over	7.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Drove alone	77.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	3.8%
Public transit	4.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	15.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
1-unit, detached	75.2%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Athens	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Poverty rate	9.1%	23.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1955	1992