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Athol CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Athol CDP is a Census CDP of 8,801 people across 8.19 square miles of land, in Worcester County. Median household income is $67,394, 63.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.4 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Athol
What Athol is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area8.19 sq mi
- Water area0.28 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,075
- County holding the largest share of its areaWorcester County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Athol
How many people live in Athol
- Population8,801
- Median age36.8
- Population under 182,216
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,317
- Share 65 and over15.0 percent
- Households3,368
- Family households2,066
- Share of households that are families61.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Athol
Income and work in Athol
- Median household income$67,394
- Per capita income$28,977
- Civilian labor force4,301
- Employed3,929
- Unemployed372 plus or minus 151
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over5,838
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Athol
- Housing units3,686
- Occupied units3,368
- Vacant units318 plus or minus 179
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied2,145
- Renter occupied1,223
- Ownership rate63.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$248,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,120
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.9 percent
- Single family units2,326
- Share single family63.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,360 plus or minus 289
- Share in buildings of two or more36.9 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1940
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Athol
How Athol gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,478
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,367
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,426 plus or minus 325
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.0 percent
- Drove alone70.1 percent
- Carpooled10.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport1.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked6.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Worked from home9.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Athol
SBA loans in Athol (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$2,422,900
- Average approval$269,211
- Median approval$89,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,553,000
- Largest approval$1,553,000
- Jobs supported69
- Jobs per approval7.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Athol (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,638,000
- Average approval$546,000
- Median approval$210,000
- Largest approval$1,219,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Worcester County, not Athol
Worcester County context, not Athol figures
These are Worcester County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Athol measurements.
- Establishments in Worcester County19,181
- Employment at those establishments, Worcester County319,255
- Covered employment, Worcester County351,476
- Average annual pay, Worcester County$71,641
- Average weekly wage, Worcester County$1,378
- Housing units permitted, Worcester County2,506
- Of those, single family, Worcester County964
- County product, 2024, Worcester County$60,947,229,000
- County product change over the prior year, Worcester County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Worcester County$87,853
Every figure in this section is published for Worcester County as a whole and is not a measurement of Athol. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Athol questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Athol, Massachusetts?
8,801, in 3,368 households. Athol CDP covers 8.19 square miles of land, which is 1,075 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Athol in?
Worcester County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Athol?
$67,394. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $248,700. Median gross rent is $1,120 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Athol businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $2.4 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $89,900, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Athol, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Athol borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Athol. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Athol figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Worcester County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Athol.
Is zoning published for Athol?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.