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Akron, OH

188,692 Population
61.9 square miles 3,046.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,486 ±$2,669 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $42,100 ±$1,563
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
$50,025 ±$3,722 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $70,125 ±$2,884
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731

22.8% ±3.6% (41,966  ±6,663) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 12.9% † 88,103 (±1.4% / ±9,217)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)

23.5 minutes ±1.7 (1,854,530  ±169,765) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 24.1 7,233,915 (±0.7 / ±264,238)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.5 117,693,450 (±0.2 / ±1,002,392)

Families

85,349 ±2,787 Number of households
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 298,193 ±2,836
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
2.2 ±0.1 (184,193  ±235) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 2.3 682,382 (±0 / ±421)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.3 † 11,489,821 (±,113 / ±-555,555,600)

3.8% ±2.4% (1,722  ±1,091) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 4.4% † 7,007 (±0.9% / ±1,429)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)

Housing

96,718 ±2,899 Number of housing units
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 321,142 ±193
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790

$131,600 ±$12,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $216,000 ±$6,512
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285

12.8% ±2.4% (23,877  ±4,439.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 10.5% 72,819 (±1% / ±7,027.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)

Social

91.1% ±4.3% (115,343  ±6,185.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 93.7% 459,968 (±2.2% / ±11,044.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
26.3% ±2.5% (33,268  ±3,225.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 36.6% 179,636 (±1.3% / ±6,435.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)

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

7.3% ±1.7% (13,756  ±3,267) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 6% † 41,872 (±4,769.2% / ±4,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5.3% † 621,863 (±,248.7% / ±13,762)

6.3% ±1.1% (9,283  ±1,689) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 6.3% 34,965 (±0.5% / ±2,829)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
9,283 Total veterans ±1,689 8,442 Male ±1,592 841 Female ±464

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