Akron vs Moundville

A side-by-side comparison of Akron and Moundville: population, income, housing, and more.

Akron and Moundville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moundville has the higher population (3,649 vs 354 in Akron). Moundville has the higher median household income ($69,146 vs $43,375 in Akron). Moundville has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $80,000 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Moundville
Population	354	3,649
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,375	$69,146
Median home value	$80,000	$182,400
Median gross rent	—	$797
Housing units	183	1,197
Homeownership rate	94.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Moundville
Population	315 → 354 (+12.4%)	3,017 → 3,649 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$25,192 → $43,375 (+72.2%)	$53,854 → $69,146 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$34,400 → $80,000 (+132.6%)	$138,400 → $182,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$833 → $797 (-4.3%)

Akron

Population

315354

Median household income

$25,192$43,375

Median home value

$34,400$80,000

Moundville

Population

3,0173,649

Median household income

$53,854$69,146

Median home value

$138,400$182,400

Median gross rent

$833$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Moundville
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	20.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	21.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	5.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	4.2%	5.1%
75 and over	4.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Moundville
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	39.9%
Black or African American	85.9%	45.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.8%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Moundville
No high school diploma	15.9%	13.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Moundville
Drove alone	89.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Moundville
1-unit, detached	50.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	49.7%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Moundville
Poverty rate	10.7%	16.5%
Average household size	3.58	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	42	29
Median year structure built	1981	2002