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Akron, OH
189,664 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3901000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Akron ranked #246 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Akron and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Richmond VA, Toledo OH, Knoxville TN, Winston-Salem NC, Worcester MA, Augusta GA, Cincinnati OH, Pittsburgh PA, Norfolk VA, Grand Rapids MI, Rockford IL, Kansas City KS, Greensboro NC · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #246 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #283 | #232 | #316 | #230 | #318 | #304 | #325 | #301 | #295 | #257 | #293 | #298 | #301 | #295 | #303 | #256 | #279 | #242 | #246 | #266 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 208,611 | 206,721 | 204,917 | 202,701 | 200,570 | 199,081 | 199,112 | 198,969 | 198,972 | 199,008 | 198,588 | 198,068 | 198,085 | 197,884 | 197,597 | 190,146 | 188,644 | 188,750 | 189,142 | 189,664 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #114 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | — | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #150 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 23.0% | 23.9% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 23.9% | 24.6% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 23.7% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 24.7% | 23.8% | 21.5% | 22.5% | — | 22.8% | 23.2% | 21.7% | 23.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #261 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 12.9 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 17.2 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 15.2 | 24.7 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 10.0 | 14.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #261 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 37.4 | 51.8 | 45.4 | 58.2 | 66.3 | 68.3 | 75.8 | 74.9 | 77.4 | 59.3 | 52.9 | 92.4 | 103.5 | 152.1 | 153.8 | 238.2 | 230.1 | 211.4 | 231.0 | 205.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 104,677 | 109,591 | 104,570 | 110,294 | 100,951 | 101,095 | 99,268 | 100,642 | 100,403 | 100,786 | 96,959 | 101,317 | 101,683 | 99,525 | 99,750 | 97,800 | 94,957 | 98,359 | 99,137 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #225 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -2.1 | +2.8 | -4.4 | +4.0 | -3.0 | -0.2 | -3.9 | +0.3 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -3.3 | +2.3 | -0.4 | -1.8 | -0.8 | +2.8 | -1.6 | +0.5 | -0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82,694 | 81,562 | 87,502 | 90,642 | 91,139 | 90,374 | 92,325 | 94,171 | 94,522 | — | 85,265 | 85,731 | 92,085 | 93,994 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #245 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.7% | 16.6% | 13.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 7.9% | 8.1% | 7.6% | — | 8.2% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #141 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 13% | -5% | 10% | 4% | -4% | -11% | 9% | 9% | 19% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 11% | -6% | 11% | 27% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #273 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $4,600 | $4,467 | $5,152 | $5,461 | $4,845 | $4,649 | $4,858 | $5,024 | $4,017 | $3,960 | $4,309 | $5,506 | $4,357 | $6,480 | $5,405 | $7,586 | $3,371 | $2,487 | $6,585 | $6,335 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Akron. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.