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Akron borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Akron borough is a Census borough of 4,143 people across 1.23 square miles of land, in Lancaster County. Median household income is $76,569, 63.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.1 m.
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Akron
What Akron is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.23 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,378
- County holding the largest share of its areaLancaster County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Akron
How many people live in Akron
- Population4,143
- Median age36.5 plus or minus 7.6
- Population under 181,103
- Share under 1826.6 percent
- Population 65 and over925
- Share 65 and over22.3 percent
- Households1,666
- Family households1,139
- Share of households that are families68.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Akron
Income and work in Akron
- Median household income$76,569
- Per capita income$37,326
- Civilian labor force2,181
- Employed2,152
- Unemployed29 plus or minus 26
- Unemployment rate1.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over2,908
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Akron
Housing in Akron
- Housing units1,692
- Occupied units1,666
- Vacant units26 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate1.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied1,055
- Renter occupied611
- Ownership rate63.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$264,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,162
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units1,096
- Share single family64.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more551 plus or minus 138
- Share in buildings of two or more32.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes45 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Akron gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,908
- Commuting under 15 minutes676 plus or minus 158
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.4 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more595 plus or minus 154
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.2 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled11.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Akron
SBA 7(a) lending to Akron borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$8,083,000
- Average approval$2,020,750
- Median approval$2,370,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported38
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term308 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more75.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Akron
SBA 504 lending to Akron borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$175,000
- Average approval$175,000
- Median approval$175,000
- Largest approval$175,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Akron
Flood programme status in Akron
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422461
- Currently effective map date04/05/16
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lancaster County, not Akron
Lancaster County context, not Akron figures
These are Lancaster County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Akron measurements.
- Establishments in Lancaster County13,776
- Employment at those establishments, Lancaster County249,379
- Covered employment, Lancaster County252,045
- Average annual pay, Lancaster County$59,966
- Average weekly wage, Lancaster County$1,153
- Housing units permitted, Lancaster County1,184
- Of those, single family, Lancaster County755
- County product, 2024, Lancaster County$39,951,127,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lancaster County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lancaster County$71,303
Every figure in this section is published for Lancaster County as a whole and is not a measurement of Akron. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Akron questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Akron, Pennsylvania?
4,143, in 1,666 households. Akron borough covers 1.23 square miles of land, which is 3,378 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Akron in?
Lancaster County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Akron?
$76,569. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $264,600. Median gross rent is $1,162 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Akron businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $8.1 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $2,370,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $175,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Akron, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Akron borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Akron. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Akron in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Akron appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422461, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Akron figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lancaster County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Akron.
Is zoning published for Akron?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.