What is the population of Athena city?

Athena city has 1,206 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #213 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Athena city?

Median household income in Athena city is $70,729 a year, 9.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Athena city?

Median gross rent is $868 a month and the median home value is $196,700, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.

Is Athena city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Athena city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Athena, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Athena, Oregon (Athena, OR — Census place “Athena city”) is 1,206 residents, ranking #213 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $70,729, the median home is worth $196,700 and median gross rent runs $868 a month. Looking for the Athena Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Athena, OR: 97813.

Population: 1,206Athena city residents
Median household income: $70,729Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $196,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $868Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.8%Owner-occupied households

Athena ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Athena.

The Athena OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97813

What the numbers mean in Athena city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Athena city median would spend about 14.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 77.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Athena city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Athena city is a small town in Oregon, with 1,206 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #213 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Athena city earn a median of $70,729 a year, 9.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Athena city is valued at $196,700, 35.2% below the national figure and 48% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $868 a month, 38.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,416 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Athena city?: Athena city has 1,206 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #213 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Athena city?: Median household income in Athena city is $70,729 a year, 9.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Athena city?: Median gross rent is $868 a month and the median home value is $196,700, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.
Is Athena city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Athena city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Athena city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.