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Akron, PA

4,143 Population
1.2 square miles 3,377.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$37,326 ±$6,194 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $43,128 ±$611
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$76,569 ±$6,083 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

5% ±3.2% (209  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.2 minutes ±2.8 (46,165  ±7,531) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 23.8 5,820,485 (±0.3 / ±94,254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,666 ±121 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.5 ±0.2 (4,130  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3% ±3.6% (22  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,692 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$264,600 ±$18,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.7% ±4% (398  ±164.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

93.2% ±7.1% (2,709  ±297.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
20.9% ±4.4% (607  ±135.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

5.6% ±2.7% (233  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.8% 32,433
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.8% ±2.3% (206  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.7% 24,325 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
206 Total veterans ±72 194 Male ±70 12 Female ±19

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