Athens, Ohio

Athens population, 2020 to 2024

Athens added 1,003 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +73. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Athens is 1.8 times that size.

Athens covers 9.95 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 2,495 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Athens is denser than the typical town.

What county Athens is in

All of Athens's residents live in Athens County, which had 63,218 residents in 2024. Athens holds 39.3% 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 city's land: 45701. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Athens is

The Census internal point of Athens is at 39.326300, -82.100200. Columbus, the capital, is 65.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Parkersburg, WV (28,834 people), 30.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 65.4 miles away.

Daylight in Athens

At 39.33° N, Athens gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Albany, 8.5 miles away, with 1,012 people.