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Akron, OH

189,669 Population
61.9 square miles 3,062.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,903 ±$1,595 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $41,602 ±$1,430
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,934 ±$342
$48,521 ±$4,373 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $71,364 ±$1,942
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $72,212 ±$538

22.1% ±3.4% (41,013  ±6,242) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 13% 89,114 (±1.3% / ±8,855)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 12.7% 1,467,983 (±0.3% / ±33,353)

22.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,872,035  ±137,822) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 23.5 7,225,790 (±0.6 / ±256,493)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 23.8 120,833,640 (±0.2 / ±1,131,298)

Families

86,815 ±2,444 Number of households
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 303,143 ±2,832
  • Ohio: 4,929,322 ±14,176
2.1 ±0.1 (184,975  ±1,572) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 2.3 685,519 (±0 / ±1,245)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,586,466

3.8% ±1.7% (1,815  ±814) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 4.2% † 6,789 (±0.9% / ±1,472)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 138,576 (±0.3% / ±6,966)

Housing

94,725 ±2,533 Number of housing units
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 321,578 ±546
  • Ohio: 5,336,168 ±1,425

$142,200 ±$6,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $237,300 ±$6,000
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $239,800 ±$1,395

14.5% ±2.6% (27,202  ±4,920.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 11.9% 82,739 (±1% / ±7,257.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 11.8% 1,383,489 (±0.3% / ±29,556)

Social

88.1% ±4.2% (113,101  ±5,892.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 92.9% 461,918 (±2.2% / ±11,136.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 92.2% 7,607,705 (±0.5% / ±43,588.4)
24.2% ±2.3% (31,084  ±3,067) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 36% 178,666 (±1.3% / ±6,616.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 32.4% 2,670,043 (±0.3% / ±24,912.9)

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

9.9% ±2.3% (18,717  ±4,348) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 6.4% 44,586
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 654,793

4.9% ±0.9% (7,292  ±1,426) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 5.7% 31,864 (±0.5% / ±2,823)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.2% 572,074 (±0.1% / ±11,365)
7,292 Total veterans ±1,426 6,630 Male ±1,347 662 Female ±327

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