Akron vs Cuyahoga Falls

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

Akron and Cuyahoga Falls 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 50,864 in Cuyahoga Falls). Cuyahoga Falls has the higher median household income ($70,645 vs $48,544 in Akron). Cuyahoga Falls has the higher median home value ($174,700 vs $111,200 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
Population	189,526	50,864
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,544	$70,645
Median home value	$111,200	$174,700
Median gross rent	$930	$1,029
Housing units	93,503	24,678
Homeownership rate	50.8%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
Population	198,051 → 189,526 (-4.3%)	49,192 → 50,864 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$38,739 → $48,544 (+25.3%)	$57,101 → $70,645 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $111,200 (+35.0%)	$127,600 → $174,700 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $930 (+22.5%)	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)

Akron

Population

198,051189,526

Median household income

$38,739$48,544

Median home value

$82,400$111,200

Median gross rent

$759$930

Cuyahoga Falls

Population

49,19250,864

Median household income

$57,101$70,645

Median home value

$127,600$174,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	19.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.9%
75 and over	5.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	82.9%
Black or African American	29.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
Drove alone	74.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	11.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
1-unit, detached	67.8%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Cuyahoga Falls
Poverty rate	22.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1954	1959