The median home value in Athens, OH is $250,606 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.16% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$250,606
Year-over-Year
+5.16%
Population
25,104
Athens ranks #103 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.5% above the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Athens County, where the county-wide median is $191,326.
Athens police recorded a violent crime rate of 96 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 964 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Athens is $250,606. That's up 5.16% from a year earlier. That is about 0.5% above the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Athens are more expensive than Athens County as a whole, where the median is $191,326 — a difference of about 31.0%.
Athens police reported 96 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,104. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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