What percentage of people rent in the Town of Athens, NY?

Name: Renters and owners in the Town of Athens, NY, 2020–2024
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15.3% (±4.5 points) of the occupied homes in the Town of Athens, NY are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 242 renting households against 1,336 that own their home.

In the Town of Athens, the share of households that rent went from 22.8% in 2015–2019 to 15.3% in 2020–2024 (−7.5 percentage points), a measurable decrease.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 15.3% (±4.5 points)
Renting households: 242 (±76)
Median renter income: $52,500 (±$13,493)

Who rents and who owns in the Town of Athens

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Athens	Greene County	New York	United States
Renter-occupied share	15.3% (±4.5 points)	22.8% (±1.9 points)	45.7% (±0.2 points)	34.8%
Renting households	242 (±76)	4,252 (±419)	3,525,661 (±12,362)	45,017,354
Owning households	1,336 (±121)	14,422 (±415)	4,196,985 (±19,607)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	1.8 (±0.4)	2.2 (±0.2)	2.3 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.6 (±0.2)	2.4 (±0.1)	2.7 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	$52,500 (±$13,493)	$45,983 (±$5,155)	$57,803 (±$395)	$52,966
Median owner household income	$92,500 (±$18,449)	$88,661 (±$5,127)	$114,563 (±$568)	$100,009

In the Town of Athens, the renter share is lower than in Greene County (22.8%).

It is also lower than in New York (45.7%).

It is lower than the national figure (34.8%).

In Greene County, the Town of Athens ranks 9 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 631 of 1,004.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How renting in the Town of Athens has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	22.8% (±4.6 points)	15.3% (±4.5 points)	−7.5 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Median gross rent	$950 (±$137)	$1,264 (±$480)	+33.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Median household income	$54,920 (±$8,273)	$84,896 (±$13,989)	+54.6%	Up after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Households that rent in places near the Town of Athens

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Athens
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
Town of Athens	—	15.3% (±4.5 points)	—
Village of Athens	2.2 mi	23.9% (±7.6 points)	Not measurably different
Jefferson Heights	3.1 mi	43.3% (±17.8 points)	Higher
Sleepy Hollow Lake	3.1 mi	5.6% (±6.0 points)	Lower
Hudson	4.1 mi	55.0% (±6.0 points)	Higher
Village of Catskill	4.3 mi	43.9% (±8.2 points)	Higher
Lorenz Park	4.3 mi	20.6% (±13.3 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Greenport	4.6 mi	37.5% (±10.4 points)	Higher
Town of Coxsackie	4.8 mi	26.0% (±6.7 points)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Sleepy Hollow Lake, NY (5.6%).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Jefferson Heights, NY (43.3%), Hudson, NY (55.0%), Village of Catskill, NY (43.9%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Households that rent across Greene County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
3	Town of Prattsville	27.3% (±11.0 points)
4	Town of Coxsackie	26.0% (±6.7 points)
5	Town of Cairo	24.8% (±5.4 points)
6	Town of Greenville (Greene County)	20.8% (±7.4 points)
7	Town of Ashland (Greene County)	20.0% (±9.0 points)
8	Town of Halcott	17.5% (±9.8 points)
9	Town of Athens	15.3% (±4.5 points)
10	Town of Windham	11.0% (±5.2 points)
11	Town of New Baltimore	9.7% (±5.5 points)
12	Town of Jewett	8.2% (±4.5 points)
13	Town of Durham	8.0% (±5.6 points)
14	Town of Lexington	5.6% (±4.2 points)

Showing 12 of 14 places in Greene County, ranked from highest to lowest.

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Athens include them.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Athens

How many renters are there in the Town of Athens?

The Town of Athens has an estimated 242 (±76) renting households, 15.3% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in the Town of Athens?

In the Town of Athens, the share of households that rent went from 22.8% in 2015–2019 to 15.3% in 2020–2024 (−7.5 percentage points), a measurable decrease.

How big are renting households in the Town of Athens?

A renting household in the Town of Athens has 1.8 people on average, against 2.6 in an owned home.

How much do renters earn in the Town of Athens?

The median renting household in the Town of Athens, NY has an income of $52,500 (±$13,493) a year, against $92,500 for households that own their home.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Athens town, Greene County, New York (county subdivision:02913, in state:36 county:039).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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