New York · Census place 3600441
Akron, New York
Akron is a village in Erie County, New York with an estimated 2,886 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 243rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,886
- #243 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,429 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Akron population, 2020 to 2024
Akron lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -1.
Akron covers 2.02 square miles of land, for 1,429 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Akron is less dense than the typical town.
What county Akron is in
All of Akron's residents live in Erie County, which had 950,602 residents in 2024. Akron holds 0.3% 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 village's land: 14001. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Akron is
The Census internal point of Akron is at 43.018000, -78.497800. Albany, the capital, is 241.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, NY (10,094 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 20.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.018000, -78.497800
- DMS
- 43°01'4.80"N 78°29'52.08"W
- UTM
- 17N 703895.2E 4765852.1N
- Geohash
- dr8htxpwh
- Plus code
- 87M32G92+6V
Daylight in Akron
At 43.02° N, Akron gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 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 New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Alden, 8.2 miles away, with 2,764 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Akron, NY?
2,886 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (0.8%) from 2,909 in July 2020.
What county is Akron in?
Erie 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: 14001.
How far is Akron from Albany?
241.5 miles (388.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Akron.
What is the nearest larger city to Akron?
Lancaster, NY, with 10,094 residents, 11.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.