Athens, WV Community Information

Total Population: 29,939
Total Male Population: 14,197
Total Female Population: 15,741
Population change since 1990: 0
Population change since 2000: NA
Median age: 41.3
Percent of households with children: 22.39%
Local sales tax: 6%
Personal crime risk: 71
Recycling likelihood index: 72

Median travel time to work: 17.1
Transportation to work:

Less than 9th Grade: 8.05%
Some high school: 13.56%
High school graduate: 39.99%
Some college: 17.27%
Associate degree: 4.99%
Bachelor's degree: 10.39%
Graduate Degree: 5.73%

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 0.54%
Mining: 0.40%
Contstruction: 2.82%
Manufacturing: 4.75%
Transportation and communications: 3.07%
Wholesale trade: 4.09%
Retail trade: 25.20%
Finance, insurance and real estate: 7.03%
Sevices: 40.32%
Public administration: 11.67%
Unclassified: 0.11%

Average household income: $44,351
Income change since 1990: 64
Income change since 2000: 18

Avg. January high/low temp: 40 / 20
Avg. July high/low temp: 81 / 59
Annual precipitation: 37
Air pollution index: 97