Albany vs Athens

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

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

Athens has the higher population (23,211 vs 909 in Albany). Albany has the higher median household income ($66,518 vs $37,059 in Athens). Athens has the higher median home value ($242,200 vs $140,800 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Athens
Population	909	23,211
Median age	42.7 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,518	$37,059
Median home value	$140,800	$242,200
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,029
Housing units	415	8,062
Homeownership rate	75.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Athens
Population	824 → 909 (+10.3%)	24,984 → 23,211 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$47,115 → $66,518 (+41.2%)	$32,360 → $37,059 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $140,800 (+25.8%)	$191,700 → $242,200 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,039 (+43.3%)	$875 → $1,029 (+17.6%)

Albany

Population

824909

Median household income

$47,115$66,518

Median home value

$111,900$140,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,039

Athens

Population

24,98423,211

Median household income

$32,360$37,059

Median home value

$191,700$242,200

Median gross rent

$875$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Athens
Under 5	9.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	56.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	5.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	5.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	3.8%
75 and over	11.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Athens
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	81.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Athens
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Athens
Drove alone	79.0%	46.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	26.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	8.1%	18.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Athens
1-unit, detached	72.5%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.6%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Athens
Poverty rate	7.2%	41.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1977	1972