With 3,243 people, Athens is a city in Pennsylvania. Owners hold 41% of the housing stock. The median age is 47.0, about 8 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $167,200, having more than doubled since 2000. Households here earn about 32% less than in Pennsylvania as a whole. 3% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,000, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 47.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 34%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Athens
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants59.7% → 40.6%(−19.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share98.8% → 89.2%(−9.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age37.3 → 47.0(+9.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Athens's population equals 5.4% of Bradford County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.9% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 18% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.2%(53)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)45.6%(104)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.8%(77)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.3%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 228 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Athens, decade by decade
Athens population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,468
$48,061
$117,843
15.9%
3.1
2000
3,415
$58,741
$124,601
17.6%
6.8
2010
3,367
$44,806
$121,128
16.9%
8.9
2020
3,267
$49,656
$151,384
25.5%
22.0
2024
3,243
$53,000
$167,200
27.4%
25.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
