Akron vs Unionville

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

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

Unionville has the higher population (627 vs 312 in Akron). Unionville has the higher median household income ($74,356 vs $57,500 in Akron). Unionville has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $75,500 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Unionville
Population	312	627
Median age	46.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$74,356
Median home value	$75,500	$100,300
Median gross rent	$869	$1,196
Housing units	162	273
Homeownership rate	82.1%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Unionville
Population	424 → 312 (-26.4%)	533 → 627 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $57,500 (+33.3%)	$56,500 → $74,356 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $75,500 (+19.7%)	$74,800 → $100,300 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $869 (+36.2%)	$788 → $1,196 (+51.8%)

Akron

Population

424312

Median household income

$43,125$57,500

Median home value

$63,100$75,500

Median gross rent

$638$869

Unionville

Population

533627

Median household income

$56,500$74,356

Median home value

$74,800$100,300

Median gross rent

$788$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Unionville
Under 5	0.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	18.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.1%
75 and over	8.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Unionville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Unionville
No high school diploma	13.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	40.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Unionville
Drove alone	75.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Unionville
1-unit, detached	93.8%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Unionville
Poverty rate	14.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1954	1953