Athens vs Calhoun

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

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

Athens has the higher population (14,250 vs 504 in Calhoun). Athens has the higher median household income ($53,151 vs $44,519 in Calhoun). Athens has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $132,200 in Calhoun).

Population, income & housing

	Athens	Calhoun
Population	14,250	504
Median age	40.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,151	$44,519
Median home value	$197,300	$132,200
Median gross rent	$807	$717
Housing units	6,678	238
Homeownership rate	58.1%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athens	Calhoun
Population	13,851 → 14,250 (+2.9%)	586 → 504 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$31,913 → $53,151 (+66.5%)	$40,000 → $44,519 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $197,300 (+32.6%)	$95,000 → $132,200 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $807 (+14.0%)	$844 → $717 (-15.0%)

Athens

Population

13,85114,250

Median household income

$31,913$53,151

Median home value

$148,800$197,300

Median gross rent

$708$807

Calhoun

Population

586504

Median household income

$40,000$44,519

Median home value

$95,000$132,200

Median gross rent

$844$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athens	Calhoun
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	8.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	17.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.3%
75 and over	7.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athens	Calhoun
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	90.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athens	Calhoun
No high school diploma	13.3%	17.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athens	Calhoun
Drove alone	84.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athens	Calhoun
1-unit, detached	68.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Athens	Calhoun
Poverty rate	18.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1972	1956