About Akron

Akron is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,046 people and just one neighborhood, Akron is the 436th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Akron is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Akron is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Akron who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.57%), sales jobs (9.23%), and teaching (6.12%).

Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.74 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small borough, Akron does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Akron Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Akron is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.88% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Akron in 2000 was $19,983, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,932 for a family of four.

The people who call Akron home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Akron is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Akron include German, English, Swiss, Italian, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Akron is English.