Akron, Iowa

Akron population, 2020 to 2024

Akron lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

Akron covers 1.23 square miles of land, for 1,256 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Akron is close to the typical town.

What county Akron is in

All of Akron's residents live in Plymouth County, which had 25,825 residents in 2024. Akron holds 6.0% 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 city's land: 51001. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Akron is

The Census internal point of Akron is at 42.826800, -96.557000. Des Moines, the capital, is 173.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elk Point, SD (2,074 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 50.1 miles away.

Daylight in Akron

At 42.83° N, Akron gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 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 Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Hawarden, 12.6 miles away, with 2,630 people.