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Athens

United States · GDP 2024
#1045 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
GDP growth
+5.6%
Jobs tracked
13,467
Employers
1,030
Avg. wage
$47.8k
Population
63,197
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$56.0k±$2.2k
Business applications
418 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Rocky Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$482.0M62C2Hocking Valley Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$16.2M76B+

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care33%
Food & accommodation29%
Retail trade23%
Other services5%
Professional services5%
Management5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
63,197
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+498
International migration+1,141
Natural change−750

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B
2019
$2.2B
2020
$2.3B
2021
$2.4B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.0k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$939/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±1.6%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
179 (2.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
68.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Ice storm 78Heat wave 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
300
2016
316
2017
319
2018
323
2019
334
2020
362
2021
400
2022
430
2023
469
2024
507
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.2 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
31.9 km
GENERAL ELECTRIC ADVANCED MATERIALS, WASHINGTON DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
52.1 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KRocky Brands, Inc.06-05
8-KRocky Brands, Inc.05-18
10-QRocky Brands, Inc.05-05
DEF 14ARocky Brands, Inc.04-28
8-KRocky Brands, Inc.04-28
10-KRocky Brands, Inc.03-11
8-KRocky Brands, Inc.02-24
10-QRocky Brands, Inc.11-06
8-KRocky Brands, Inc.10-28
10-QRocky Brands, Inc.08-07
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Bedford$2.7BPennington$2.7BTitus$2.8BAnderson$2.7BSeneca$2.8BOkeechobee$2.8B
The read

Athens's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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