Athol’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Athol is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Athol, the average commute to work is 33.53 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Athol does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Athol are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.76% of adults in Athol have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Athol in 2022 was $27,538, which is lower middle income relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,152 for a family of four. However, Athol contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Athol is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Athol home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Athol residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Athol also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Athol include German, English, Irish, European, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Athol is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
