Akron vs Gagetown

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

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

Gagetown has the higher population (324 vs 312 in Akron). Akron has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $51,719 in Gagetown). Gagetown has the higher median home value ($76,500 vs $75,500 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Gagetown
Population	312	324
Median age	46.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$51,719
Median home value	$75,500	$76,500
Median gross rent	$869	$680
Housing units	162	158
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Gagetown
Population	424 → 312 (-26.4%)	260 → 324 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $57,500 (+33.3%)	$30,682 → $51,719 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $75,500 (+19.7%)	$50,800 → $76,500 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $869 (+36.2%)	$638 → $680 (+6.6%)

Akron

Population

424312

Median household income

$43,125$57,500

Median home value

$63,100$75,500

Median gross rent

$638$869

Gagetown

Population

260324

Median household income

$30,682$51,719

Median home value

$50,800$76,500

Median gross rent

$638$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Gagetown
Under 5	0.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	21.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Gagetown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Gagetown
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Gagetown
Drove alone	75.6%	81.9%
Carpooled	14.6%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Gagetown
1-unit, detached	93.8%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Gagetown
Poverty rate	14.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1954	1953