Akron vs Fairgrove

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

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

Fairgrove has the higher population (492 vs 312 in Akron). Akron has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $37,500 in Fairgrove). Fairgrove has the higher median home value ($75,600 vs $75,500 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Fairgrove
Population	312	492
Median age	46.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$37,500
Median home value	$75,500	$75,600
Median gross rent	$869	$755
Housing units	162	224
Homeownership rate	82.1%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Fairgrove
Population	424 → 312 (-26.4%)	511 → 492 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $57,500 (+33.3%)	$41,818 → $37,500 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $75,500 (+19.7%)	$68,100 → $75,600 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $869 (+36.2%)	$725 → $755 (+4.1%)

Akron

Population

424312

Median household income

$43,125$57,500

Median home value

$63,100$75,500

Median gross rent

$638$869

Fairgrove

Population

511492

Median household income

$41,818$37,500

Median home value

$68,100$75,600

Median gross rent

$725$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Fairgrove
Under 5	0.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.8%
75 and over	8.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Fairgrove
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Fairgrove
No high school diploma	13.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Fairgrove
Drove alone	75.6%	74.3%
Carpooled	14.6%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Fairgrove
1-unit, detached	93.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Fairgrove
Poverty rate	14.0%	17.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1954	1959