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Akron, CO

2,046 Population
2.8 square miles 738 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 41.6 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$23,052 ±$2,925 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $27,860 ±$1,731
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $38,226 ±$173
$46,176 ±$4,729 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington County: $50,094 ±$3,511
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $72,331 ±$370

14.7% ±5.5% (256  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 11.8% † 535 (±3% / ±137)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 10.3% 565,873 (±0.1% / ±7,890)

22.1 minutes ±4.8 (19,110  ±5,025) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 24.6 48,095 (±2.4 / ±6,115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.8 68,344,730 (±0.1 / ±304,616)

Families

812 ±115 Number of households
  • Washington County: 2,087 ±217
  • Colorado: 2,148,994 ±5,236
2.2 ±0.4 (1,743  ±164) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 2.2 † 4,565 (±0.2 / ±131)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,490,688 (±0)

8% ±7.2% (36  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 7.7% † 70 (±4.2% / ±38)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 5.1% 69,064 (±0.1% / ±1,964)

Housing

906 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 2,373 ±215
  • Colorado: 2,386,475 ±846

$118,300 ±$18,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $151,300 ±$11,500
  • about one-third of the amount in Colorado: $343,300 ±$911

35% ±8.2% (707  ±174.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 23% † 1,109 (±4.2% / ±203.8)
  • about double the rate in Colorado: 18% 996,893 (±0.2% / ±12,179.6)

Social

90.5% ±6.6% (1,233  ±134.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 91.9% 3,115 (±5.3% / ±182.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 91.8% 3,509,828 (±0.3% / ±12,607.7)
12% ±3.2% (163  ±45.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 15.4% † 521 (±2.2% / ±74.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 40.9% 1,565,134 (±0.2% / ±8,175)

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

2.4% ±1.6% (50  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington County: 2.8% † 134 (±1.1% / ±53)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 546,513 (±0.1% / ±7,055)

9.7% ±2.9% (155  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 9.4% † 353 (±1.7% / ±63)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 8.7% 373,795 (±0.1% / ±4,146)
155 Total veterans ±47 142 Male ±46 13 Female ±10

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