Akron vs Orchard Park

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

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

Orchard Park has the higher population (3,066 vs 2,904 in Akron). Orchard Park has the higher median household income ($97,014 vs $45,250 in Akron). Orchard Park has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $197,100 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Orchard Park
Population	2,904	3,066
Median age	52.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$97,014
Median home value	$197,100	$371,900
Median gross rent	$738	$1,184
Housing units	1,575	1,504
Homeownership rate	55.8%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Orchard Park
Population	2,871 → 2,904 (+1.1%)	3,148 → 3,066 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$55,655 → $45,250 (-18.7%)	$95,667 → $97,014 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $197,100 (+36.7%)	$238,000 → $371,900 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $738 (+9.2%)	$997 → $1,184 (+18.8%)

Akron

Population

2,8712,904

Median household income

$55,655$45,250

Median home value

$144,200$197,100

Median gross rent

$676$738

Orchard Park

Population

3,1483,066

Median household income

$95,667$97,014

Median home value

$238,000$371,900

Median gross rent

$997$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Orchard Park
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	18.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Orchard Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Orchard Park
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Orchard Park
Drove alone	82.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Orchard Park
1-unit, detached	48.6%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	27.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Orchard Park
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1951	1965