Indiana · Census place 1800748

Akron, Indiana

Akron is a town in Fulton County, Indiana with an estimated 1,091 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 289th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,091
#289 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-33 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,372 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Akron. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Akron population, 2020 to 2024

Akron lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,125. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Akron covers 0.46 square miles of land, for 2,372 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Akron is denser than the typical town.

What county Akron is in

All of Akron's residents live in Fulton County, which had 20,004 residents in 2024. Akron holds 5.5% 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: 46910. 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 41.038800, -86.024900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 88.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rochester, IN (6,110 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 45.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.038800, -86.024900
DMS
41°02'19.68"N 86°01'29.64"W
UTM
16N 581959.8E 4543522.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HM2XQG+G2

Daylight in Akron

At 41.04° N, Akron gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 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 Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Rochester, 9.2 miles away, with 6,110 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Akron, IN?

1,091 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (2.9%) from 1,124 in July 2020.

What county is Akron in?

Fulton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Akron?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46910.

How far is Akron from Indianapolis?

88.0 miles (141.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Akron.

What is the nearest larger city to Akron?

Rochester, IN, with 6,110 residents, 9.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.