How serious are America’s mayors? · Consolidated city-county
Athens, GA
128,691 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1303440 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Athens ranked #241 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Athens and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Gainesville FL, Las Cruces NM, Tyler TX, Tuscaloosa AL, Pueblo CO, Waco TX, Tallahassee FL, McAllen TX, Provo UT, Shreveport LA, Columbia MO, Abilene TX, Knoxville TN · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #241 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #140 | #111 | #111 | #66 | #267 | #166 | #208 | #205 | #148 | #262 | #180 | #210 | #223 | #209 | #185 | #161 | #152 | #240 | #241 | #202 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 108,274 | 110,800 | 112,713 | 114,485 | 115,566 | 116,102 | 116,928 | 118,584 | 119,566 | 119,059 | 122,213 | 123,523 | 125,409 | 125,857 | 126,913 | 127,239 | 127,898 | 128,638 | 129,026 | 128,691 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #312 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.3 | — | -0.2 | +0.4 | -0.1 | -1.2 | +1.6 | +0.0 | +0.7 | -0.4 | +0.2 | -0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -1.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #101 of 281 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2013 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #291 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 26.5% | 25.9% | 23.2% | 23.1% | 27.9% | 26.4% | 30.2% | 28.0% | 29.1% | 32.3% | 30.8% | 26.8% | 25.5% | 24.1% | 25.8% | — | 25.0% | 27.9% | 28.6% | 28.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #117 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 4.6 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #183 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 109.2 | 112.6 | 127.5 | 99.2 | 83.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 62,257 | 64,597 | 65,812 | 66,945 | 63,274 | 64,549 | 62,967 | 64,186 | 64,693 | 64,530 | 66,220 | 68,033 | 67,435 | 67,561 | 67,968 | 65,810 | 65,946 | 68,213 | 71,099 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #165 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.5 | +0.0 | -1.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.6 | -1.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -1.1 | +0.0 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -1.6 | -0.7 | +0.2 | -2.1 | +0.1 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48,734 | 53,087 | 54,910 | 51,855 | 57,148 | 60,034 | 61,204 | 59,235 | 62,048 | — | 65,321 | 65,063 | 67,149 | 67,898 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #36 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.4% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 8.6% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 5.3% | 4.5% | — | 4.3% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 3.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #59 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 32% | 25% | 30% | 23% | 19% | 24% | 23% | 7% | 32% | 28% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 21% | 28% | 25% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 35% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #223 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | $631 | $527 | $470 | $734 | $3,447 | $3,160 | $3,130 | $3,035 | $3,527 | $3,349 | $3,153 | $3,048 | $2,694 | $2,511 | $2,336 | $2,475 | $2,242 | $3,535 | $3,437 | $3,846 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Athens. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.