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Athens County · Ohio

ZIP code 45735

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 45735 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
1,720

ZCTA residents

Median income
$52,957

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$153,300

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
5.75%

Ohio state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 45735 sits in Athens County, Ohio and is home to 1,720 people. Median household income is $52,957, the median home is worth $153,300 and median gross rent is —. 93.1% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 5.75% (Ohio state rate).

County
Athens County

FIPS 39009

State
Ohio (OH)

1,233 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 45735

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
1,720ZIP 45735 residents
Median household income
$52,957Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$153,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
44.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
93.1%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 45735 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 45735 is a small town in Athens County, Ohio, with 1,720 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #814 of 1,233 ranked by population — larger than 34% of them. The median age here is 44.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 ZIP 45735 earn a median of $52,957 a year, 32.6% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 45735 is valued at $153,300, 49.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 93.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.

The Census withheld gross rent for ZIP 45735 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 45735 in context

How 45735 sits inside Athens County and Ohio.

ZIP 45735 is tabulated inside Athens County, Ohio, one of 14 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,233 across Ohio. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 45735 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 45735 reports a median household income of $52,957, 9% below the $57,917 county median, and 22% below the $68,141 typical OH ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $153,300, 26% above the county figure and 8% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Ohio charges 5.75% statewide, and local governments overlapping 45735 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 45735 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 45735

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
5.75%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$58Before any exemptions

Ohio levies 5.75% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.9×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$795/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
6%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 45735 compares

ZIP 45735 against the median ZIP in Athens County and across Ohio.

MeasureZIP 45735County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$52,957$57,917$68,141-22%
Median home value$153,300$121,900$167,500-8%
Median gross rent—$745$881—
Population1,7201,2273,633-53%

Medians are computed across the 14 ZIP areas in Athens County and the 1233 ZIP areas in Ohio.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1233 Ohio ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 19% of 1,145 state ZIPs

#925
Home value

above 39% of 1,132 state ZIPs

#688
Population

larger than 34% of 1,233 state ZIPs

#814

Comparable ZIP codes

Ohio ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
44137Cuyahoga County$52,990$89,800$1,322
43777Muskingum County$52,886$125,200$682
45634Vinton County$52,879$99,100$681
44146Cuyahoga County$53,049$141,800$1,000
45645Lawrence County$53,056$83,900$953
44515Mahoning County$52,831$142,200$766

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Athens County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Athens County, Ohio.

ZIP 45735 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 45735?
ZIP 45735 lies mostly in Athens County, Ohio. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 45735?
Ohio charges 5.75% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 45735 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $153,300 — -8% against the typical Ohio ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 45735, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.