New Athens, OH

Census Place

2024 Population

267

US Senator

Bernie Moreno

Republican Party

US Senator

Jon Husted

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

56.4

0.177% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

12.4%

19.8% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$56,875

1.11% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

Economy

The economy of New Athens, OH employs 115 people. In 2024, the largest industries in New Athens, OH were Health Care & Social Assistance (39 people), Construction (22 people), and Retail Trade (20 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($100,500), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($41,125), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($40,938).

Employment

Occupations

115

2024 Value

± 90

25%

1 Year growth

± 98.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in New Athens, OH grew at a rate of 25%, from 92 employees to 115 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in New Athens, OH, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (25 people), Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (20 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (15 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of New Athens, OH.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Ohio.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Ohio (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

115

2024 Value

± 90

25%

1 Year growth

± 98.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in New Athens, OH grew at a rate of 25%, from 92 employees to 115 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in New Athens, OH, are Health Care & Social Assistance (39 people), Construction (22 people), and Retail Trade (20 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of New Athens, OH, though some of these residents may live in New Athens, OH and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$79,250

Median earning men ± $47,300

$38,750

Median earning women ± $10,059

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($100,500).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($40,938), Retail Trade ($18,942), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($4,375).

Housing & Living

The median property value in New Athens, OH was $123,600 in 2024, which is 0.372 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $111,400 to $123,600, a 11% increase. The homeownership rate in New Athens, OH is 84.9%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in New Athens, OH have an average commute time of 24.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in New Athens, OH is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$123,600

Median Property Value 2024

±$44,875

$101

Median Property Taxes

±$45

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In New Athens, OH the largest share of households pay taxes in the $1,500 - $2k range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in New Athens, OH compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

84.9%

Homeownership

2024

61.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 84.9% of the housing units in New Athens, OH were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 89.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in New Athens, OH compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$56,875

Median Household Income

± $28,689

119

Number of Households

± 50

In 2024, the median household income of the 119 households in New Athens, OH grew to $56,875 from the previous year's value of $56,250.

The following chart displays the households in New Athens, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for New Athens, OH is from Ohio.

0.451

2024 Wage GINI in Ohio

0.453

2023 Wage GINI in Ohio

In 2024, the income inequality in Ohio was 0.451 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.564% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Ohio was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ohio in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Ohio across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (96.5%)
Carpooled (3.48%)

In 2024, 96.5% of workers in New Athens, OH drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (3.48%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

24.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in New Athens, OH have a shorter commute time (24.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in New Athens, OH have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in New Athens, OH compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in New Athens, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in New Athens, OH have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in New Athens, OH (32 out of 258 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in New Athens, OH is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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