County / FIPS 39009
Athens County
Ohio
Athens County runs 20 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
20
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
504
Athens County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
61,737
Median household income
$56,001
Poverty rate
21.5%
Unemployment rate
6.5%
Median home value
$185,000
Median gross rent
$939
Bachelor's degree or higher
34.9%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Athens County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$381.6M
Per resident
$6,113
Change since FY2021
−19%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $468M |
| 2022 | $304M |
| 2023 | $330M |
| 2024 | $355M |
| 2025 | $382M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Athens County ranks 1064th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Athens County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital | Athens | |
| Appalachian Behavioral Health Care | Athens | Not rated |
Public schools in Athens County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Jr. / Sr. High School | Alexander Local | Albany | 731 |
| Athens High School | Athens City | The Plains | 692 |
| Athens Middle School | Athens City | Athens | 385 |
| East Elementary School | Athens City | Athens | 363 |
| Morrison Gordon Elementary School | Athens City | Athens | 385 |
| The Plains Intermediate School | Athens City | The Plains | 510 |
| Alexander Elementary School | Alexander Local | Albany | 693 |
| Amesville Elementary School | Federal Hocking Local | Amesville | 219 |
| Coolville Elementary School | Federal Hocking Local | Coolville | 211 |
| Federal Hocking High School | Federal Hocking Local | Stewart | 227 |
| Federal Hocking Middle School | Federal Hocking Local | Stewart | 205 |
| Nelsonville-York Elementary School | Nelsonville-York City | Nelsonville | 511 |
| Nelsonville-York High School | Nelsonville-York City | Nelsonville | 289 |
| Nelsonville-York Junior High School | Nelsonville-York City | Nelsonville | 254 |
| Tri-County Career Center Building | Tri-County Career Center | Nelsonville | 528 |
| Trimble Elementary School | Trimble Local | Glouster | 344 |
| Trimble High School | Trimble Local | Glouster | 188 |
| Trimble Junior High | Trimble Local | Glouster | 191 |
| Federal Hocking Local Schools | Federal Hocking Local | Stewart | 6 |
| Trimble Learning Academy | Trimble Local | Glouster | 6 |