Akron vs Leiters Ford

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

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

Akron has the higher population (1,061 vs 194 in Leiters Ford). Leiters Ford has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $136,900 in Akron). Since 2019, Akron's population has grown faster (-12.0% vs -28.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Leiters Ford
Population	1,061	194
Median age	37.5 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,479	—
Median home value	$136,900	$283,300
Median gross rent	$885	—
Housing units	408	121
Homeownership rate	77.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Leiters Ford
Population	1,206 → 1,061 (-12.0%)	272 → 194 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$55,221 → $59,479 (+7.7%)	—
Median home value	$82,800 → $136,900 (+65.3%)	$283,000 → $283,300 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $885 (+29.2%)	—

Akron

Population

1,2061,061

Median household income

$55,221$59,479

Median home value

$82,800$136,900

Median gross rent

$685$885

Leiters Ford

Population

272194

Median home value

$283,000$283,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Leiters Ford
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	28.9%
75 and over	3.3%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Leiters Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Leiters Ford
No high school diploma	25.5%	24.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Leiters Ford
Drove alone	72.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	22.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Leiters Ford
1-unit, detached	82.4%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Leiters Ford
Poverty rate	7.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.22	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1945	1975