Akron, Colorado

Akron population, 2020 to 2024

Akron lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -28.

Akron covers 2.77 square miles of land, for 630 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Akron is less dense than the typical town.

What county Akron is in

All of Akron's residents live in Washington County, which had 4,771 residents in 2024. Akron holds 36.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Akron

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Akron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80720. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Akron is

The Census internal point of Akron is at 40.163500, -103.220300. Denver, the capital, is 98.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brush, CO (5,370 people), 22.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 83.7 miles away.

Daylight in Akron

At 40.16° N, Akron gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Akron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Brush, 22.9 miles away, with 5,370 people.