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Population (year 2000): 3,085. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,067 (-0.6% change)
Males: 1,439 (46.6%), Females: 1,646 (53.4%)
Erie County
Zip code:
14001
Median resident age: 39.1 years
Median household income: $35,313 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,700 (year 2000)
Races in Akron:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (39.9%), Irish (21.9%),
English (19.4%), Polish (17.2%), Italian (10.2%), French (5.3%).
Elevation: 735 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Akron
- High school or higher: 83.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.9%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Akron village
- Never married: 23.4%
- Now married: 53.3%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 12.0%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +80 (+2.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Akron:
- MEDINA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; MEDINA,
NY)
- LOCKPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
LOCKPORT, NY)
- ST JOSEPH INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Akron:
- BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL (about 17 miles; BUFFALO, NY;
ID: BUF)
- NIAGARA FALLS INTL (about 31 miles; NIAGARA FALLS,
NY; ID: IAG)
- GREATER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 58 miles;
ROCHESTER, NY; ID: ROC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Akron:
- AKRON (about 2 miles; AKRON, NY; ID: 9G3)
- BUFFALO-LANCASTER (about 11 miles; LANCASTER, NY;
ID: D77)
- ROYALTON (about 11 miles; GASPORT, NY; ID: 9G5)
Amtrak station near Akron:
- 18 miles: BUFFALO-DEPEW (DEPEW, 55 DICK RD.).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Akron:
- ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 17 miles;
WILLIAMSVILLE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 3,464)
- GENESEE VALLEY BOCES (about 21 miles; BATAVIA, NY;
FT enrollment: 3,249)
- GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; BATAVIA,
NY; FT enrollment: 2,942)
- ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 26 miles;
ORCHARD PARK, NY; FT enrollment: 2,389)
- CANISIUS COLLEGE (about 26 miles; BUFFALO, NY; FT
enrollment: 4,002)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT BUFFALO (about 28 miles; BUFFALO,
NY; FT enrollment: 9,287)
- NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles;
SANBORN, NY; FT enrollment: 3,520)
Public high school in Akron:
- AKRON HS (Students: 497; Location: 47
BLOOMINGDALE AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Akron:
- AKRON ES (Students: 781; Location: 47
BLOOMINGDALE AVE; Grades: PK - 05)
- AKRON MS (Students: 421; Location: 47
BLOOMINGDALE AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Akron:
- NEWSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$184,506; Location: 50 JOHN STREET; 15,261 books; 892
audio materials; 662 video materials; 147 serial
subscriptions)
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