Athens, New York.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Athens, Greene County, New York
Athens is a village of 1,586 people in Greene County. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Greene County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Greene County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Athens is a small village on the Hudson River, and most homes here are lived in by their owners. Winters are cold, with a good deal of snow, and summers are warm; precipitation through the year is fairly generous. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and poverty is somewhat less common than in many places.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops, and restaurants and hotels. Across Greene County, the largest workplaces include Walmart, the Catskill Central School District and the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District. The commute is a fairly typical one for the region, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Murderers Creek runs in or beside town, and Catskill Creek and Stockport Creek are rivers a short drive away. Olana State Historic Site, a museum, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, Kaaterskill Falls is a waterfall a longer drive away.
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- 758households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What people in Greene County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Greene County had 14,337 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 31 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hudson Correctional Facility weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Greene County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters317
- Haleon Oak HillToothpastes, gels, and tooth powders manufacturing314
- Catskill Central School DistrictSchool district274FTE
- Cairo-durham Central School DistrictSchool district262FTE
- Empire Merchants North-CoxsackieWine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers258
- Coxsackie-athens Central School DistrictSchool district242FTE
- Ducommun New YorkAircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts manufacturing235
- Greenville Central School DistrictSchool district224FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,507 people in all across the county; Athens has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Athens’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Greene County.
Athens home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Athens listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Athens17.55%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Athens34
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Athens5
Zip codes with a Athens address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Athens — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.