Overall, Athol’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One downside of living in Athol is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Athol, the average commute to work is 30.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Athol does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Athol is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.21% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Athol in 2022 was $24,211, which is lower middle income relative to Idaho, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,844 for a family of four. However, Athol contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Athol is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Athol home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Athol residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Athol also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Athol include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Athol is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
