Akron vs Lake Erie Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Akron and Lake Erie Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Erie Beach has the higher population (3,247 vs 2,904 in Akron). Lake Erie Beach has the higher median household income ($57,234 vs $45,250 in Akron). Akron has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $149,300 in Lake Erie Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
Population	2,904	3,247
Median age	52.5 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$57,234
Median home value	$197,100	$149,300
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	1,575	2,145
Homeownership rate	55.8%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
Population	2,871 → 2,904 (+1.1%)	3,562 → 3,247 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$55,655 → $45,250 (-18.7%)	$59,211 → $57,234 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $197,100 (+36.7%)	$104,900 → $149,300 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $738 (+9.2%)	$797 → $880 (+10.4%)

Akron

Population

2,8712,904

Median household income

$55,655$45,250

Median home value

$144,200$197,100

Median gross rent

$676$738

Lake Erie Beach

Population

3,5623,247

Median household income

$59,211$57,234

Median home value

$104,900$149,300

Median gross rent

$797$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	19.1%	22.6%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.4%
75 and over	9.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
Drove alone	82.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	4.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
1-unit, detached	48.6%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Lake Erie Beach
Poverty rate	7.4%	14.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1951	1953