ZIP Code 37331

Around Athens, ZIP 37331 sits in middle-income territory, with a median household income of $55,662 and per-capita income of $31,566. Homes here carry a median value of $193,700, and the county-level property tax rate of 0.35% keeps annual taxes on such a home below what many homeowners elsewhere pay. Sales tax is where the load shows: the combined 9.75% rate adds nearly a dime to every dollar spent locally. Households earning around the median thus face a heavier consumption-tax cost than property-tax cost, a pattern that shapes daily budgets more than homeownership does.