Akron vs Wanakah

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

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

Wanakah has the higher population (3,071 vs 2,904 in Akron). Wanakah has the higher median household income ($77,482 vs $45,250 in Akron). Akron has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $187,200 in Wanakah).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Wanakah
Population	2,904	3,071
Median age	52.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$77,482
Median home value	$197,100	$187,200
Median gross rent	$738	$1,065
Housing units	1,575	1,489
Homeownership rate	55.8%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Wanakah
Population	2,871 → 2,904 (+1.1%)	3,210 → 3,071 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$55,655 → $45,250 (-18.7%)	$73,125 → $77,482 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $197,100 (+36.7%)	$144,900 → $187,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $738 (+9.2%)	$865 → $1,065 (+23.1%)

Akron

Population

2,8712,904

Median household income

$55,655$45,250

Median home value

$144,200$197,100

Median gross rent

$676$738

Wanakah

Population

3,2103,071

Median household income

$73,125$77,482

Median home value

$144,900$187,200

Median gross rent

$865$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Wanakah
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	17.4%	16.7%
75 and over	9.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Wanakah
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Wanakah
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Wanakah
Drove alone	82.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Wanakah
1-unit, detached	48.6%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Wanakah
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1951	1955