Oregon · Census place 4103200

Athena, Oregon

Athena is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon with an estimated 1,184 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,184; #154 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020: -1.1%; -13 people
Land area: 0.6 sq mi
Density: 2,041 / sq mi; State median 3,097

Orange pin: Athena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

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Athena population, 2020 to 2024

Athena lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,196. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Athena covers 0.58 square miles of land, for 2,041 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Athena is less dense than the typical town.

What county Athena is in

All of Athena's residents live in Umatilla County, which had 80,491 residents in 2024. Athena holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Athena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Athena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97813. 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 Athena is

The Census internal point of Athena is at 45.813500, -118.493000. Salem, the capital, is 228.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milton-Freewater, OR (7,011 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 137.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 45.813500, -118.493000
DMS: 45°48'48.60"N 118°29'34.80"W
UTM: 11N 384006.1E 5074410.2N
Geohash: c25sxsh4b
Plus code: 85Q3RG74+CR

Daylight in Athena

At 45.81° N, Athena gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Athena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Milton-Freewater, 9.7 miles away, with 7,011 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Athena, OR?

1,184 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (1.1%) from 1,197 in July 2020.

What county is Athena in?

Umatilla County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Athena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97813.

How far is Athena from Salem?

228.3 miles (367.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Athena.

What is the nearest larger city to Athena?

Milton-Freewater, OR, with 7,011 residents, 9.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.