Athens is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Athens is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.99% of adults in Athens have a college degree.
The per capita income in Athens in 2022 was $35,783, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,132 for a family of four. However, Athens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Athens is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Athens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Athens residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Athens include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Athens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
