Athens-Clarke County, GA (Georgia) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 113,398 (Urban population: 103,586, Rural population: 9,812 (112 farm, 9,700 nonfarm))

Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 41,644 (39,240 occupied: 16,336 owner occupied, 22,904 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	58%
State:	33%

Housing density: 354 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $220,098.

Median contract rent in 2007: $570 (lower quartile is $442, upper quartile is $732)

Housing units in Athens-Clarke County with a mortgage: 9,233 (775 second mortgage, 982 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,277

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $160,300 (it was $103,000 in 2000)

Athens-Clarke County:	$160,300
Georgia:	$164,500

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $117,700 - $232,600

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $206,916
Here: $206,916
State: $234,442

Townhouses or other attached units: $172,362
Here: $172,362
State: $202,354

In 2-unit structures: $151,995
Here: $151,995
State: $222,245

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $85,000
Here: $85,000
State: $151,985

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $155,873
Here: $155,873
State: $219,544

Mobile homes: $29,684
Here: $29,684
State: $44,353

Median year house/condo built: 1982

Median year apartment built: 1978

Household type by relationship

Households: 92,116

In family households: 59,781 (12,489 male householders, 7,051 female householders)
13,075 spouses, 19,949 children (18,342 natural, 424 adopted, 1,183 stepchildren), 1,605 grandchildren, 1,423 brothers or sisters, 559 parents, 1,395 other relatives, 2,235 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 32,335 (9,593 male householders (5,169 living alone)), 10,121 female householders (6,540 living alone)), 12,621 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 8,158 (1,136 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,600 2-persons, 4,903 3-persons, 3,557 4-persons, 1,549 5-persons, 608 6-persons, 323 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,709 1-person, 5,196 2-persons, 1,565 3-persons, 1,060 4-persons, 154 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

9,189 married couples with children.
6,164 single-parent households (736 men, 5,428 women).

88.1% of residents of Athens-Clarke County speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 8,473 (8.4%)
(21.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 174 3 rooms: 492 4 rooms: 1,520 5 rooms: 3,158 6 rooms: 3,783 7 rooms: 2,586 8 rooms: 2,088 9 or more rooms: 2,518

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia:
	1 room: 777 2 rooms: 2,761 3 rooms: 4,081 4 rooms: 7,415 5 rooms: 4,151 6 rooms: 2,305 7 rooms: 796 8 rooms: 379 9 or more rooms: 239

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,220
1995 to 1998: 4,233
1990 to 1994: 4,168
1980 to 1989: 7,475
1970 to 1979: 9,594
1960 to 1969: 6,600
1950 to 1959: 3,704
1940 to 1949: 1,737
1939 or earlier: 2,913

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Athens-Clarke County:
	no bedroom: 79 1 bedroom: 448 2 bedrooms: 2,891 3 bedrooms: 8,558 4 bedrooms: 3,329 5 or more bedrooms: 1,031

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Athens-Clarke County:
	no bedroom: 954 1 bedroom: 5,943 2 bedrooms: 10,318 3 bedrooms: 3,635 4 bedrooms: 1,816 5 or more bedrooms: 238

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Athens-Clarke County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 631 1 vehicle: 4,627 2 vehicles: 7,330 3 vehicles: 2,708 4 vehicles: 885 5 or more vehicles: 155

Cars and other vehicles available in Athens-Clarke County in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,711 1 vehicle: 10,020 2 vehicles: 6,836 3 vehicles: 1,961 4 vehicles: 1,153 5 or more vehicles: 223

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Athens-Clarke County, GA:

Less than $10,000: 326
$10,000 to $14,999: 163
$15,000 to $19,999: 263
$20,000 to $24,999: 233
$25,000 to $29,999: 147
$30,000 to $34,999: 147
$35,000 to $39,999: 164
$40,000 to $49,999: 474
$50,000 to $59,999: 366
$60,000 to $69,999: 345
$70,000 to $79,999: 416
$80,000 to $89,999: 550
$90,000 to $99,999: 545
$100,000 to $124,999: 2039
$125,000 to $149,999: 2909
$150,000 to $174,999: 2042
$175,000 to $199,999: 1768
$200,000 to $249,999: 2699
$250,000 to $299,999: 1649
$300,000 to $399,999: 1418
$400,000 to $499,999: 637
$500,000 to $749,999: 492
$750,000 to $999,999: 164
$1,000,000 or more: 155

Athens-Clarke County rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Athens-Clarke County:

Less than $100: 382 people
$100 to $149: 281
$150 to $199: 378
$200 to $249: 354
$250 to $299: 522
$300 to $349: 968
$350 to $399: 1,460
$400 to $449: 1,883
$450 to $499: 1,957
$500 to $549: 2,068
$550 to $599: 2,286
$600 to $649: 1,982
$650 to $699: 1,105
$700 to $749: 1,095
$750 to $799: 948
$800 to $899: 1,678
$900 to $999: 934
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,120
$1,250 to $1,499: 436
$1,500 to $1,999: 385
$2,000 or more: 12
No cash rent: 665

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 4,396 1990 to 1994: 1,567 1985 to 1989: 1,126 1980 to 1984: 531 1975 to 1979: 216 1970 to 1974: 191 1970 to 1974: 96 1965 to 1969: 350

Athens-Clarke County, GA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.9%
Number of people working at home: 1,076 (2.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1953
5 to 9 minutes: 7314
10 to 14 minutes: 12153
15 to 19 minutes: 11513
20 to 24 minutes: 5226
25 to 29 minutes: 1213
30 to 34 minutes: 2380
35 to 39 minutes: 395
40 to 44 minutes: 556
45 to 59 minutes: 1541
60 to 89 minutes: 1371
90 or more minutes: 956

Athens-Clarke County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 35,738 (75%)
Carpooled: 6,871 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,048 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
Taxi: 69 (0%)
Motorcycle: 53 (0%)
Bicycle: 444 (1%)
Walked: 2,069 (4%)
Other means: 252 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,076 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 8166
$10,000 to $14,999: 3658
$15,000 to $19,999: 3065
$20,000 to $24,999: 3018
$25,000 to $29,999: 2536
$30,000 to $34,999: 2357
$35,000 to $39,999: 2128
$40,000 to $44,999: 1825
$45,000 to $49,999: 1717
$50,000 to $59,999: 2740
$60,000 to $74,999: 2613
$75,000 to $99,999: 2188
$100,000 to $124,999: 1384
$125,000 to $149,999: 717
$150,000 to $199,999: 500
$200,000 or more: 642

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 31345

English: 8159

United States or American: 6401

Irish: 6187

German: 6149

Scotch-Irish: 2181

Italian: 2016

Scottish: 1828

European: 1582

Subsaharan African:: 1384

French (except Basque): 1192

Polish: 1063

African: 859

British: 660

Dutch: 553

Swedish: 483

Norwegian: 470

Russian: 414

Arab:: 372

Welsh: 372

French Canadian: 354

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 264

Austrian: 239

Greek: 229

Lebanese: 179

Jamaican: 175

Hungarian: 169

Canadian: 152

Nigerian: 145

Portuguese: 130

Lithuanian: 129

Czech: 125

Iranian: 118

Czechoslovakian: 115

Brazilian: 109

Northern European: 107

Danish: 101

Other Subsaharan African: 101

Swiss: 88

Egyptian: 87

Eastern European: 80

Ukrainian: 78

Kenyan: 73

Croatian: 69

Arab/Arabic: 66

Australian: 59

Belgian: 56

Ghanian: 50

Scandinavian: 49

Yugoslavian: 49

South African: 47

Guyanese: 45

Sudanese: 45

Albanian: 40

Ethiopian: 40

Slovak: 32

Bahamian: 30

Pennsylvania German: 29

Finnish: 28

Israeli: 26

Romanian: 26

Armenian: 26

Bulgarian: 25

Celtic: 23

Acadian/Cajun: 21

New Zealander: 19

West Indian: 16

Turkish: 14

Sierra Leonean: 13

Cape Verdean: 11

Haitian: 11

U.S. Virgin Islander: 11

Moroccan: 10

Latvian: 9

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8

Palestinian: 8

Other Arab: 8

British West Indian: 7

Barbadian: 7

Belizean: 7

Syrian: 7

Iraqi: 7

Slavic: 6

Serbian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (34%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
India (5%)
Korea (5%)
Canada (3%)
El Salvador (3%)
Peru (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 57398
Northeast: 6483
Midwest: 7198
South: 16582
West: 3106

35% of Athens-Clarke County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Georgia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 350
Nursery to 4th grade: 151
5th and 6th grade: 510
7th and 8th grade: 744
9th grade: 607
10th grade: 689
11th grade: 698
12th grade, no diploma: 663
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,954
Less than 1 year of college: 887
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,044
Associate degree: 933
Bachelor's degree: 5,507
Master's degree: 2,229
Professional school degree: 584
Doctorate degree: 2,149

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 326
Nursery to 4th grade: 110
5th and 6th grade: 557
7th and 8th grade: 916
9th grade: 713
10th grade: 1,047
11th grade: 737
12th grade, no diploma: 901
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,036
Less than 1 year of college: 1,301
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,783
Associate degree: 1,003
Bachelor's degree: 5,215
Master's degree: 3,338
Professional school degree: 548
Doctorate degree: 847

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.5%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 12.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 2.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 21.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.3%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $39,857
Black householders: $27,842
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $23,728
Asian householders: $36,440
Some other race householders: $29,489
Two or more races householders: $28,816
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $36,904

Athens-Clarke County household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Athens-Clarke County household income for Black householders

Athens-Clarke County household income for Asian householders

Athens-Clarke County household income for Some other race householders

Athens-Clarke County household income for Two or more races householders

Athens-Clarke County household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Athens-Clarke County marital status for males

Athens-Clarke County marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $191,737
Black or African American householders: $119,524
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $91,511
Asian householders: $211,035
Some other race householders: $171,661
Two or more races householders: $121,236
Hispanic or Latino householders: $188,936

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 18,671
One, attached: 1,814
Two: 3,947
3 or 4: 3,207
5 to 9: 3,384
10 to 19: 3,447
20 to 49: 2,320
50 or more: 2,056
Mobile homes: 2,740
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 58

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Athens-Clarke County:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (61%) Electricity (32%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (63%) Utility gas (34%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 950

Here:	12.1%
Georgia:	8.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 409

Here:	10.5%
Georgia:	8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,328

Here:	5.4%
Georgia:	22.9%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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