Pennsylvania · Census place 4200540

Akron, Pennsylvania

Akron is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,123 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 249th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,123
#249 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-27 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
3,352 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Akron. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Akron population, 2020 to 2024

Akron lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

4,15020204,14120214,13220224,13120234,1232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,157. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Akron covers 1.23 square miles of land, for 3,352 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Akron is less dense than the typical town.

What county Akron is in

All of Akron's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 563,293 residents in 2024. Akron holds 0.7% 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 borough's land: 17501. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Akron is

The Census internal point of Akron is at 40.157800, -76.203400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 36.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ephrata, PA (13,719 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 48.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.157800, -76.203400
DMS
40°09'28.08"N 76°12'12.24"W
UTM
18N 397513.7E 4445965.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G55Q5W+4J

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 Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Ephrata, 2.0 miles away, with 13,719 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Akron, PA?

4,123 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (0.7%) from 4,150 in July 2020.

What county is Akron in?

Lancaster 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: 17501.

How far is Akron from Harrisburg?

36.7 miles (59.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Akron.

What is the nearest larger city to Akron?

Ephrata, PA, with 13,719 residents, 2.0 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.