Akron vs Hudson

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

Akron and Hudson 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 23,007 in Hudson). Hudson has the higher median household income ($180,931 vs $48,544 in Akron). Hudson has the higher median home value ($444,800 vs $111,200 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Hudson
Population	189,526	23,007
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,544	$180,931
Median home value	$111,200	$444,800
Median gross rent	$930	$2,219
Housing units	93,503	8,157
Homeownership rate	50.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	75.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Hudson
Population	198,051 → 189,526 (-4.3%)	22,263 → 23,007 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$38,739 → $48,544 (+25.3%)	$134,963 → $180,931 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $111,200 (+35.0%)	$345,500 → $444,800 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $930 (+22.5%)	$1,769 → $2,219 (+25.4%)

Akron

Population

198,051189,526

Median household income

$38,739$48,544

Median home value

$82,400$111,200

Median gross rent

$759$930

Hudson

Population

22,26323,007

Median household income

$134,963$180,931

Median home value

$345,500$444,800

Median gross rent

$1,769$2,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Hudson
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.2%
75 and over	5.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	29.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Hudson
No high school diploma	11.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	33.3%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Hudson
Drove alone	74.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	2.0%
Public transit	2.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	25.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Hudson
1-unit, detached	67.8%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Hudson
Poverty rate	22.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1954	1982