County profile
Athens County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1045 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,467
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,030
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
63,197
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$56.0k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
34.9%±2.3%
Poverty rate
21.5%±1.9%
Business applications
418 · 2025
Retail establishments
174
27.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Rocky Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$482.0M63C2Hocking 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
$2.2B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.7B2024
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
$31.1M
179 units · 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
3002016
3162017
3192018
3232019
3342020
3622021
4002022
4302023
4692024
5072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 63% since 20211102021
902022
42023
62024
1792025
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 EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Athens?
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.