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Akron, CO

2,073 Population
2.8 square miles 747.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 41.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,159 ±$3,789 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington County: $28,224 ±$2,185
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $39,545 ±$212
$42,500 ±$9,552 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $51,181 ±$3,982
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $75,231 ±$379

15.8% ±5.2% (280  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington County: 12.3% † 559 (±2.8% / ±129)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 544,232 (±0.2% / ±9,500)

22.5 minutes ±2.9 (19,920  ±4,006) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 23.7 46,905 (±1.8 / ±5,305)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.8 67,224,980 (±0.1 / ±374,536)

Families

848 ±118 Number of households
  • Washington County: 2,081 ±241
  • Colorado: 2,137,402 ±4,703
2.1 ±0.4 (1,771  ±188) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 2.2 † 4,567 (±0.3 / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,565,331 (±0)

9.8% ±6% (46  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 9.5% † 89 (±4.4% / ±41)
  • about double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,925 (±0.2% / ±2,020)

Housing

957 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 2,396 ±233
  • Colorado: 2,361,372 ±816

$139,700 ±$24,916 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington County: $162,200 † ±$17,554
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $369,900 ±$1,187

32.8% ±8.4% (673  ±181.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 21.3% † 1,026 (±4.4% / ±212.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 989,926 (±0.2% / ±12,483.5)

Social

92.1% ±5.9% (1,271  ±149.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 92.2% 3,126 (±5.8% / ±200.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.1% 3,591,969 (±0.4% / ±14,618.8)
20.1% ±5.6% (278  ±81.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington County: 21% † 712 (±3.2% / ±108.1)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 41.6% 1,622,853 (±0.3% / ±9,730.8)

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

1.5% ±1.5% (31  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 2.3% † 111 (±1% / ±48)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 539,514 (±0.1% / ±6,492)

9.5% ±2.7% (157  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 8.9% † 337 (±1.5% / ±58)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 370,677 (±0.1% / ±4,887)
157 Total veterans ±46 135 Male ±39 22 Female ±16

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