Athens, Ohio.
Typical home $244,064 (+3.2% in a year), asking rent $1,103 . Athens, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Athens
Athens’ own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Athens is in Athens County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 2 school districts: Athens City and Federal Hocking Local. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$658 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,599 +3%
- $236,465$244,064 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,109 +26%
- $193,955$244,064 since Sep 2021
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.
- Athens$1,281
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Athens, OH rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Athens, Athens County, Ohio
Athens is a city of 23,849 people in Athens County. Half its households earn more than $38,204 a year and half less, against $56,001 across Athens County; 40% of its people live below the poverty line. 33% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 67% are rented. Unemployment in Athens was 4.3% in August 2026, and Athens County had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 college city, and it shows in who lives there: the population is far younger than in most American towns, and most homes are rented rather than owned. Incomes are well below the county's, and a large share of residents live below the poverty line, which is common in towns where so many people are students. A very high proportion of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with highs near freezing in January, summers are warm, and there is a fair amount of snow and rain through the year.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with restaurants and hotels, shops and manufacturing also employing many people. Among the largest workplaces in Athens are Obleness Memorial Hospital, Walmart and Kroger. Unemployment is lower than a year ago, and the county has added a small number of jobs. Commutes are short, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. Close to town, Sells Park is a garden and green space, and Peden Stadium is the place for a game. A short drive away, Strouds Run State Park offers protected woodland and trails. Hocking Hills State Park is a longer drive, and it is one of the better known natural areas in the region.
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- 7,238households
- 64%of adults have a degree
- 40%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 20%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Athens County had 21,434 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 63°. About 18 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Athens Ou weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Athens
- Obleness Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital493FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters381
- Appalachian RPH - Athens CampusPsychiatric hospital337FTE
- Kroger Columbus KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores204
- Memorial Health System Athens CampusHospitals, general medical and surgical180
- QuidelOrtho Diagnostic HybridsViral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing175
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter122
- Menards"home centers"120
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 24 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,968 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of AthensRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of AthensRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively 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 low. 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 Athens County and the Athens, OH metro.
Athens home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Athens$244,064
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Athens listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
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.
- Athens22.54%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Athens75
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Athens18
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.