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Population (year 2000): 4,046. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,009 (-0.9% change)
Males: 1,915 (47.3%), Females: 2,131 (52.7%)
Lancaster County
Zip code:
17501
Median resident age: 41.0 years
Median household income: $45,407 (year 2000)
Median house value: $113,700 (year 2000)
Races in Akron:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.3%)
- Hispanic (2.2%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
- Black (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (45.0%), United States
(11.8%), English (7.1%), Swiss (6.5%), Irish (5.4%), Italian
(4.6%).
Elevation: 460 feet
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Akron
- High school or higher: 81.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
- Unemployed: 1.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Akron borough
- Never married: 18.4%
- Now married: 62.8%
- Separated: 3.6%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 7.5%
5.4% Foreign born (2.5% Europe, 1.0% Asia, 0.9%
North America, 0.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +240 (+6.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Akron:
- EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; EPHRATA,
PA)
- COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF LANCASTER (about 12 miles;
LANCASTER, PA)
- LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 12 miles;
LANCASTER, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Akron:
- LANCASTER (about 7 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 23
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 38 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Akron:
- SMOKETOWN (about 9 miles; SMOKETOWN, PA; ID: Q08)
- KELLER BROTHERS (about 12 miles; LEBANON, PA; ID:
08N)
- DECK (about 16 miles; MYERSTOWN, PA; ID: 9D4)
Amtrak station near Akron:
- 11 miles: LANCASTER (53 MCGOVERN AVE.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Akron:
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,384)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 21 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 30 miles; YORK, PA;
FT enrollment: 4,541)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 37 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 40 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; BEL AIR,
MD; FT enrollment: 2,646)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 45
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
Public primary/middle school in Akron:
- AKRON EL SCH (Students: 348; Grades: KG - 05)
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