New York · Census place 3602902
Athens, New York
Athens is a village in Greene County, New York with an estimated 1,577 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 350th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,577
- #350 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +2 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 1.19 sq mi water
- Density
- 461 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Athens population, 2020 to 2024
Athens added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Athens covers 3.42 square miles of land and 1.19 of water, for 461 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Athens is less dense than the typical town.
What county Athens is in
All of Athens's residents live in Greene County, which had 46,903 residents in 2024. Athens holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Athens
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Athens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12015. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Athens is
The Census internal point of Athens is at 42.271000, -73.815900. Albany, the capital, is 26.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hudson, NY (5,735 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 27.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.271000, -73.815900
- DMS
- 42°16'15.60"N 73°48'57.24"W
- UTM
- 18N 597647.8E 4680544.5N
- Geohash
- dre82r0yk
- Plus code
- 87J875CM+CJ
Daylight in Athens
At 42.27° N, Athens gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Athens
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Hudson, 2.0 miles away, with 5,735 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Athens, NY?
1,577 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2 (0.1%) from 1,575 in July 2020.
What county is Athens in?
Greene County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Athens?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12015.
How far is Athens from Albany?
26.6 miles (42.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Athens.
What is the nearest larger city to Athens?
Hudson, NY, with 5,735 residents, 2.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.