Akron vs Barberton

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

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

Akron has the higher population (189,526 vs 24,977 in Barberton). Barberton has the higher median household income ($48,943 vs $48,544 in Akron). Barberton has the higher median home value ($120,100 vs $111,200 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Barberton
Population	189,526	24,977
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,544	$48,943
Median home value	$111,200	$120,100
Median gross rent	$930	$794
Housing units	93,503	11,999
Homeownership rate	50.8%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Barberton
Population	198,051 → 189,526 (-4.3%)	26,098 → 24,977 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$38,739 → $48,544 (+25.3%)	$42,813 → $48,943 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $111,200 (+35.0%)	$86,800 → $120,100 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $930 (+22.5%)	$759 → $794 (+4.6%)

Akron

Population

198,051189,526

Median household income

$38,739$48,544

Median home value

$82,400$111,200

Median gross rent

$759$930

Barberton

Population

26,09824,977

Median household income

$42,813$48,943

Median home value

$86,800$120,100

Median gross rent

$759$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Barberton
Under 5	5.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Barberton
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	83.9%
Black or African American	29.1%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Barberton
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Barberton
Drove alone	74.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.2%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Barberton
1-unit, detached	67.8%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	10.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Barberton
Poverty rate	22.9%	16.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1954	1955