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Akron, NY

2,897 Population
2 square miles 1,436.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,474 ±$4,009 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $42,074 ±$435
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,935 ±$7,920 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $72,237 ±$940
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.9% ±3.6% (195  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 13.8% 156,488 (±0.4% / ±4,210)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±3 (29,625  ±7,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,360,860 (±0.3 / ±152,143)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,575 ±181 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 501,549 ±1,795
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.2 (2,892  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,130,205 (±0 / ±619)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±2.8% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 4.6% 12,118 (±0.3% / ±862)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,625 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 541,660 ±319
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,000 ±$18,882 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $226,100 ±$1,508
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±8% (398  ±228.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.3% 118,793 (±0.4% / ±4,011.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±9.8% (2,047  ±284.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 763,950 (±0.8% / ±6,430.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.7% ±5.7% (667  ±144.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 36.2% 299,054 (±0.5% / ±4,039.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.2% (37  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.9% 80,407
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±3.3% (190  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6% 55,900 (±0.2% / ±1,892)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
190 Total veterans ±82 175 Male ±81 15 Female ±17

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