Athens is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 28,661 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Athens is the 24th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Athens is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Athens is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Athens who work in sales jobs (11.27%), management occupations (10.38%), and office and administrative support (9.72%). Also of interest is that Athens has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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.
