PlainZIP

Athens, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Athens, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,010. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ATHENS-NY · Athens, NY 1 ZIPs · 3,010 pop · #5952/25278 · Greene County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $91,845
  • RANK-UPPER #5952/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coxsackie
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,010
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $306,300

Nearest income peer: Coxsackie, NY ( $59 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Athens

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Athens on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Athens, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,010
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,845
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $91,845 and home value $306,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 41.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Athens as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Baldwinsville is the closest lower-income city and Malden Bridge the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Athens.

Population concentration

Athens reads through its lone ZIP, 12015

3,010 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12015 is not the leading code inside Athens, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Athens's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 57 establishments, 266 employees , annual payroll $12,623k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12015 (57 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (13) · also Retail trade · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Athens, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Greene County, which covers 36 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Athens. See the Greene County roll-up →

Athens sits in the upper half of Greene County on income: Catskill, Greenville and Cairo report less, while West Coxsackie reports more. Leeds marks the far end of that range at $56,477, 39% below Athens.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12015 3,010 $91,845 57 87
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Athens roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Athens, .