Akron vs Elma Center

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

Akron and Elma Center are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elma Center has the higher population (3,091 vs 2,904 in Akron). Elma Center has the higher median household income ($115,859 vs $45,250 in Akron). Elma Center has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $197,100 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Elma Center
Population	2,904	3,091
Median age	52.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$115,859
Median home value	$197,100	$409,000
Median gross rent	$738	$1,367
Housing units	1,575	1,347
Homeownership rate	55.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Elma Center
Population	2,871 → 2,904 (+1.1%)	3,301 → 3,091 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$55,655 → $45,250 (-18.7%)	$91,875 → $115,859 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $197,100 (+36.7%)	$274,600 → $409,000 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $738 (+9.2%)	$1,092 → $1,367 (+25.2%)

Akron

Population

2,8712,904

Median household income

$55,655$45,250

Median home value

$144,200$197,100

Median gross rent

$676$738

Elma Center

Population

3,3013,091

Median household income

$91,875$115,859

Median home value

$274,600$409,000

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Elma Center
Under 5	5.7%	13.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	17.4%	16.6%
75 and over	9.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Elma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	99.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Elma Center
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Elma Center
Drove alone	82.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Elma Center
1-unit, detached	48.6%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Elma Center
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1951	1980