Athens is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 100,274 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Athens is the fifth largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some towns, Athens isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Athens are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Athens is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Athens who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.73%), sales jobs (11.99%), and teaching (11.62%).

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Athens really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Athens is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Athens more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Athens's character and quality of life.

Not only is Athens a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Athens is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.61 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Athens Information and Demographics

The education level of Athens citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 39.97% of adults in Athens have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Athens in 2000 was $17,103, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,412 for a family of four.

Athens is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Athens home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Athens is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Athens include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Athens is English. Some people also speak Spanish.