Athens is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,595 people and two associated neighborhoods, Athens is the 663rd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Athens was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Athens is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 86.53% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Athens is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Athens who work in healthcare (13.78%), art, media, and design (11.19%), and office and administrative support (10.57%). Of important note, Athens is also a village of artists. Athens has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Athens’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.11% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Athens has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Athens a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The citizens of Athens are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.42% of adults in Athens have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Athens in 2022 was $45,844, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,376 for a family of four. However, Athens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Athens is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Athens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Athens residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Athens also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.07% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Athens include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Dutch. Athens also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.32%. The most common language spoken in Athens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
