Athena vs Pilot Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Athena and Pilot Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Athena and Pilot Rock are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pilot Rock has the higher population (1,220 vs 1,206 in Athena). Pilot Rock has the higher median household income ($85,795 vs $70,729 in Athena). Athena has the higher median home value ($196,700 vs $165,200 in Pilot Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Athena	Pilot Rock
Population	1,206	1,220
Median age	38.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,729	$85,795
Median home value	$196,700	$165,200
Median gross rent	$868	$971
Housing units	533	590
Homeownership rate	77.8%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athena	Pilot Rock
Population	1,246 → 1,206 (-3.2%)	1,322 → 1,220 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$63,819 → $70,729 (+10.8%)	$52,875 → $85,795 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $196,700 (+40.2%)	$113,200 → $165,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $868 (-1.9%)	$759 → $971 (+27.9%)

Athena

Population

1,2461,206

Median household income

$63,819$70,729

Median home value

$140,300$196,700

Median gross rent

$885$868

Pilot Rock

Population

1,3221,220

Median household income

$52,875$85,795

Median home value

$113,200$165,200

Median gross rent

$759$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athena	Pilot Rock
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.3%
75 and over	3.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athena	Pilot Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athena	Pilot Rock
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athena	Pilot Rock
Drove alone	62.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	18.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athena	Pilot Rock
1-unit, detached	56.3%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Athena	Pilot Rock
Poverty rate	11.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1973	1955