Athens vs Tool

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

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

Athens has the higher population (13,013 vs 2,399 in Tool). Tool has the higher median household income ($71,964 vs $70,601 in Athens). Athens has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $163,700 in Tool).

Population, income & housing

	Athens	Tool
Population	13,013	2,399
Median age	37.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,601	$71,964
Median home value	$205,700	$163,700
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,120
Housing units	5,148	1,699
Homeownership rate	56.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athens	Tool
Population	12,664 → 13,013 (+2.8%)	2,214 → 2,399 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$38,149 → $70,601 (+85.1%)	$47,273 → $71,964 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $205,700 (+135.9%)	$104,300 → $163,700 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,069 (+25.2%)	$1,002 → $1,120 (+11.8%)

Athens

Population

12,66413,013

Median household income

$38,149$70,601

Median home value

$87,200$205,700

Median gross rent

$854$1,069

Tool

Population

2,2142,399

Median household income

$47,273$71,964

Median home value

$104,300$163,700

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athens	Tool
Under 5	7.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.7%
75 and over	9.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athens	Tool
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	14.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athens	Tool
No high school diploma	15.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athens	Tool
Drove alone	79.1%	71.5%
Carpooled	13.8%	11.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.5%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athens	Tool
1-unit, detached	62.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Athens	Tool
Poverty rate	12.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1980	1981