It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Athens has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Athens has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Athens than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Athens may be for you.
Athens is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Athens with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Athens in 2022 was $32,651, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,604 for a family of four. However, Athens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Athens include German, Polish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Athens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
