Akron vs Hinton

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

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

Akron has the higher population (1,660 vs 881 in Hinton). Hinton has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $59,706 in Akron). Hinton has the higher median home value ($249,400 vs $145,300 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Hinton
Population	1,660	881
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,706	$108,125
Median home value	$145,300	$249,400
Median gross rent	$700	$1,000
Housing units	802	369
Homeownership rate	71.0%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Hinton
Population	1,588 → 1,660 (+4.5%)	813 → 881 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $59,706 (+17.3%)	$68,438 → $108,125 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $145,300 (+35.3%)	$185,800 → $249,400 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $700 (+12.7%)	$730 → $1,000 (+37.0%)

Akron

Population

1,5881,660

Median household income

$50,893$59,706

Median home value

$107,400$145,300

Median gross rent

$621$700

Hinton

Population

813881

Median household income

$68,438$108,125

Median home value

$185,800$249,400

Median gross rent

$730$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Hinton
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.3%
75 and over	16.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Hinton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Hinton
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	41.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Hinton
Drove alone	82.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Hinton
1-unit, detached	78.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Hinton
Poverty rate	9.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1964	1981