A town of 29,002, settled in 1818. A typical home worth about $308K.
The 3 things Athens does most differently from other towns.
1880 · 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps -…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 8 places on the National Register.
21,897 people in 2010; 29,002 today.
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Ordered by what stands out in Athens. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Athens home is worth about $308,000, up 1% in a year, 28% above the Alabama typical home.
The public schools Athens’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Intermediate School | 4–5 | 641 | A− |
| Athens Elementary School | PK–3 | 474 | A |
| Julian Newman Elementary School | PK–3 | 409 | A |
| Brookhill Elementary School | PK–3 | 380 | A |
| James L Cowart Elementary School | PK–3 | 332 | A− |
| Athens Middle School | 6–8 | 935 | B− |
About one in 4 of Athens’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (31%), Decatur (7%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
5.0 miles of trails across 9 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Swan Creek Greenway | 0.1 mi | 183 |
| 2. Athens Sportsplex | — | 96 |
| 3. Jimmy Gill Park | — | 14 |
Athens beats the Alabama average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Athens | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.2% |
Athens reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 71% report less. Within Alabama, it does better than 51% of towns.
Athens has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 31°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
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HABS ALA,42-ATH,1- (sheet 3 of 10) - Athens College, Founder's Hall, Beaty Street
Photo · Wikimedia Commons. A different picture from Athens’s archive appears here every day.
See all 6 archive items →8 places in Athens on the National Register of Historic Places.
39 notable people were born in Athens.
City in and county seat of Limestone County, Alabama
Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 25,407.
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One town shares a border with Athens.
