Akron, Ohio

Akron population, 2020 to 2024

Akron lost 482 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +522. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 118th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Akron is 13.6 times that size.

Akron covers 61.93 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 3,063 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Akron is denser than the typical town.

What county Akron is in

All of Akron's residents live in Summit County, which had 538,370 residents in 2024. Akron holds 35.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Akron

16 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Akron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44301, 44302, 44303, 44304, 44305, 44306, 44307, 44308, 44310, 44311, 44312, 44313, 44314, 44319, 44320, 44325. 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 41.080500, -81.521400. Columbus, the capital, is 109.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleveland, OH (365,379 people), 28.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 296 m (971 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Akron

At 41.08° 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Akron daylight page.

Places near Akron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Tallmadge, 5.3 miles away, with 18,412 people.