New Athens is a village in Harrison County, Ohio, home to about 267 people across 0.3 square miles. Its ZIP code is 43981.
Homes sold for a median of $118 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
All in New Athens
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside New Athens. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)45 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Pittsburgh, PA57 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA310 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of New Athens; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
New Athens had 222 residents in the 2020 census, down 35% since 2000.
It’s the 1050th largest of 1,264 towns in Ohio by population.
Harrison County grew from 20,486 residents in 1900 to 14,483 in 2020.
Harrison County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 20°F. About 42.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 26 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cadiz, OH weather station (6 miles away).
2,866 jobs at 254 businesses in Harrison County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Museums (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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