Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety80#614/3,096
Economy4#3,021/3,143
Housing12#2,764/3,140
Health32#2,150/3,144
Healthcare46#1,710/3,143
Environment41#1,844/3,108
Education64#1,135/3,144
Infrastructure58#1,307/3,144
Community19#2,550/3,144
Leisure & amenities32#2,144/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Athens County, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Mental health providers · high710 /100k
97/100Ohio 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · low72 /100k
89/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Median Air Quality Index · low31
88/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Bachelor's degree or higher · high34.9%
86/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high71.7%
85/100Ohio 65.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high52.8%
0/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Poverty rate · high25.3%
3/100Ohio 12.6%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
New business applications · low6.6 /1k
3/100Ohio 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Rent as share of income · high33.4%
6/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Depression · high30.0%
6/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Severe housing problems · high19.3%
7/100Ohio 12.7%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Homicide rateImproving
6.2 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
38.9% (2020 & 2021) → 52.9% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
47.4 /100k (2021) → 17.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−63%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.6% (2015-2019) → 86.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Traffic deathsWorsening
9.7 /100k (2015-2019) → 14.9 /100k (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,806 /100k (2020) → 843 /100k (2025)
−53%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Athens County, Ohio improved on 9 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 22 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Bachelor's++4.7 points30.2% → 34.9%
Property crime−53%1,806 /100k → 843 /100k
Students / teacher−1.0×14.6× → 13.6×
Broadband+11 points75.6% → 86.9%
New businesses+52%4.3 /1k → 6.6 /1k

Declined1

Traffic deaths+54%9.7 /100k → 14.9 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Athens County, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	16%
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	24.1 min2020-2024	+3.3 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Average weekly wage	$8662020	$9802025	+13%	Improved	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%2015-2019	34.9%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	75.6%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	61%
Child poverty rate	25.3%2019	19.3%2024	−6 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Distance to an airport	62 mi2020	62 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	27.2 /100k2020	17.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−36%	Within the margin of error	59%
Effective property tax rate	1.31%2015-2019	1.16%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Firearm deaths	10.9 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Within the margin of error	16%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−1.3%	Within the margin of error	48%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	+48%	Within the margin of error	86%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	78%
Homicide rate	3.7 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$39,8482019	$49,7552024	+25%	Improved	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5032015-2019	0.4932020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$43,6212019	$54,8062024	+26%	Improved	54%
New business applications	4.3 /1k2020	6.6 /1k2025	+52%	Improved	61%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−37%	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	26.6%2019	25.3%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Property crime rate	1,806 /100k2020	843 /100k2025	−53%	Improved	80%
Public libraries	1.1 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	95%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent as share of income	34.2%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent-burdened households	56.6%2015-2019	57.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	+2.7%	Within the margin of error	57%
Students per teacher	14.6×2019	13.6×2024	−1.0×	Improved	62%
Suicide rate	15.0 /100k2020	22.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+49%	Within the margin of error	6%
Traffic deaths	9.7 /100k2015-2019	14.9 /100k2020-2024	+54%	Declined	12%
Unemployment rate	7.1%2020	5.6%2025	−1.5 points	Improved	23%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.1%2019	9.0%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Violent crime rate	95 /100k2020	72 /100k2025	−24%	Within the margin of error	61%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Athens County, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Athens County, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Athens County, Ohio itself moved −2.5 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

61,737 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

23,014 households (±428)

Athens County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k25%5,691
$25k–50k21%4,771
$50k–75k16%3,775

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

23,014 households (±428)

Athens County, Ohio
Ohio share

Own60%13,899
Rent40%9,115

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.6 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

27,582 workers (±981)

Athens County, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone65%17,988
Carpool9.7%2,686
Public transit0.7%†186

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Athens, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Athens County has 1,030 employer establishments, 164 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Ohio's), with 13,467 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,362. The Census Bureau also counts 3,825 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,030; 3,825 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 164; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 13,467
Average annual pay: $42,362; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Athens County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	113	18	0.98×About typical	2,526	$15,337	15
Ambulatory health care services	74	11.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	1,224	$72,636	197
Limited-service restaurants	65	10.4	1.29×More than typical	1,456	$14,788	—
Lessors of real estate	56	8.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	199	$29,945	345
Specialty trade contractors	49	7.8	0.50×Fewer than typical	297	$61,902	290
Full-service restaurants	39	6.2	0.81×About typical	947	$16,258	12
Individual and family services	37	5.9	2.11×More than typical	793	$38,380	31
Religious organizations	33	5.3	0.95×About typical	146	$18,568	—
Banks and credit unions	25	4	1.23×About typical	233	$56,682	—
Outpatient care centers	25	4	2.17×More than typical	553	$67,712	3
Building equipment contractors	24	3.8	0.64×Fewer than typical	188	$62,176	50
Gasoline stations	23	3.7	1.13×About typical	211	$23,294	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 62,745 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $11.7M on contracts performed in Athens County, Ohio: $184 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $11.7M; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $184; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$9.7M83%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$639.8K5.5%
Forest Service$626.1K5.4%
Department of the Navy$292.8K2.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$249.5K2.1%
Department of the Army$118.6K1.0%
U.S. Geological Survey$48.8K0.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$23.3K0.2%

Top recipients

ROCKY BRANDS, INC.$9.7M83%
SUNPOWER, INC$639.8K5.5%
OHIO UNIVERSITY$292.8K2.5%
PULCIR INC$249.5K2.1%
BRANNON CONTRACTING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES, LLC$225.3K1.9%

Spending by fiscal year

30.5MFY2017
40.4MFY2018
26.7MFY2019
24.1MFY2020
35.5MFY2021
7.6MFY2022
11.5MFY2023
13M

Top industries (NAICS)

Retail trade (NAICS 4582) · 4582$9.7M83%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$639.8K5.5%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$298.3K2.6%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$292.8K2.5%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$225.3K1.9%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373

Largest awards

8511691574!BOOTS,HOT WEATHER$4.5M
ROCKY BRANDS, INC.· Athens County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 9, 2025 – Oct 9, 2025· SPE1C126F0234
8511895841!BOOTS,HOT WEATHER$4.5M
ROCKY BRANDS, INC.· Athens County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 3, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026· SPE1C126F2205
SUNPOWER ROBUST STIRLING CONVERTER (SRSC) SUPPORT AND PROTOTYPES - CONTACT CO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.$3.2M
SUNPOWER, INC· Athens County, OH· Research & development· Aug 18, 2023 – Jul 27, 2026· 80GRC023CA024
ORPHAN WELL INVENTORY WAYNE NF$649.3K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $362.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Athens County, Ohio: $5,730 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $362.1M; −0.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,730; US $12,955
Loan face value: $7.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$143.7M40%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$40.3M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$31.1M8.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$27.8M7.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.1M5.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$18.9M5.2%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$14.6M4.0%
93.600 · Head Start$7.7M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO UNIVERSITY$58M16%
ATHENS, OH
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$27.7M7.7%
COLUMBUS, OH
ATHENS METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$5.3M1.5%
ATHENS, OH
HOCKING.ATHENS.PERRY COMMUNITY ACTION$4.8M1.3%
GLOUSTER, OH
HOCKING TECHNICAL COLLEGE$3.5M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$211.5M58%
Department of Education$46M13%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$36.3M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$28M7.7%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$7.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

408.4MFY2021
295.2MFY2022
318.4MFY2023
341.9MFY2024
363MFY2025
362.1MFY2026

County aggregates

69%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Athens County, Ohio compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Athens County, Ohio
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$458	$1,436
FY2018	$616	$1,552
FY2019	$408	$1,654
FY2020	$387	$1,880
FY2021	$601	$1,810
FY2022	$125	$1,917
FY2023	$183	$2,079
FY2024	$206	$2,047
FY2025	$295	$2,165
FY2026	$184 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$9.73	$93.28
FY2018	$2.12	$105
FY2019	$12.54	$128
FY2020	$9.33	$145
FY2021	$2.81	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$3,064	$5,748
FY2022	$765	$5,221
FY2023	$1,056	$5,364
FY2024	$1,135	$5,501
FY2025	$1,102	$5,732
FY2026	$1,073

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$129	$298
FY2022	$125	$357
FY2023	$353	$301
FY2024	$257	$319
FY2025	$311	$360
FY2026	$441

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$148	$239
FY2022	$144	$185
FY2023	$146	$229
FY2024	$144	$229
FY2025	$164	$249
FY2026	$132

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$312	$2,304
FY2022	$170	$2,197
FY2023	$181	$2,274
FY2024	$372	$2,267
FY2025	$203	$2,397
FY2026	$224

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Athens County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$717	$1,186
FY2022	$228	$465
FY2023	$24.01	$76.52
FY2024	$24.07	$120
FY2025	$9.49	$148
FY2026	$15.73

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Athens County, Ohio
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Athens County, Ohio and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	1.9%	2.0%
2015	2.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/39009

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Athens County, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Troy BaldersonR-OH-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Athens County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Athens, OH36Central county

Cities and towns in Athens County

Places whose residents live mostly in Athens County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/39009

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	−2.4%	−4.2%
2015	−0.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+4.3%	+6.8%
2019	+7.5%	+10.5%
2020	+13.2%	+19.4%
2021	+15.3%	+26.1%
2022	+15.0%	+30.6%
2023	+20.1%	+35.0%
2024	+26.0%	+41.0%
2025	+28.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	−4.6%	−5.5%
2015	−1.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+7.0%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+18.8%	+20.8%
2021	+32.7%	+32.1%
2022	+27.1%	+35.4%
2023	+30.2%	+42.9%
2024	+36.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	1.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	−10.3%	−6.9%
2015	+0.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+12.7%	+4.7%
2018	+6.0%	+7.5%
2019	+14.4%	+14.0%
2020	+10.7%	+16.9%
2021	+28.6%	+21.0%
2022	+26.6%	+29.7%
2023	+40.6%	+34.9%
2024	+43.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	−6.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+36.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+45.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+44.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+54.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+58.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	5.9%	4.9%
2017	5.5%	4.4%
2018	5.2%	3.9%
2019	4.9%	3.7%
2020	7.1%	8.1%
2021	5.2%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	5.3%	4.0%
2025	5.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	29.9%	15.5%
2015	31.5%	14.7%
2016	28.8%	14.0%
2017	28.8%	13.4%
2018	30.7%	13.1%
2019	26.6%	12.3%
2020	22.0%	11.9%
2021	20.9%	12.8%
2022	21.6%	12.6%
2023	25.3%	12.5%
2024	25.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	11.1%	13.5%
2015	8.5%	10.9%
2016	9.3%	10.0%
2017	9.3%	10.2%
2018	9.0%	10.4%
2019	9.1%	10.8%
2020	9.4%	10.4%
2021	9.8%	10.2%
2022	8.4%	9.5%
2023	8.0%	9.5%
2024	9.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Athens County, Ohio	United States
2014	3.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	6.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	6.6/1k	16.6/1k

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