Akron vs East Petersburg

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

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

East Petersburg has the higher population (4,575 vs 4,133 in Akron). East Petersburg has the higher median household income ($86,614 vs $74,360 in Akron). Akron has the higher median home value ($250,400 vs $248,100 in East Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	East Petersburg
Population	4,133	4,575
Median age	41.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,360	$86,614
Median home value	$250,400	$248,100
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,323
Housing units	1,760	2,072
Homeownership rate	59.9%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	East Petersburg
Population	3,997 → 4,133 (+3.4%)	4,520 → 4,575 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$68,139 → $74,360 (+9.1%)	$74,945 → $86,614 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $250,400 (+28.2%)	$181,400 → $248,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,106 (+13.2%)	$1,144 → $1,323 (+15.6%)

Akron

Population

3,9974,133

Median household income

$68,139$74,360

Median home value

$195,300$250,400

Median gross rent

$977$1,106

East Petersburg

Population

4,5204,575

Median household income

$74,945$86,614

Median home value

$181,400$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	East Petersburg
Under 5	9.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.9%
75 and over	6.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	East Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	East Petersburg
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	46.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	East Petersburg
Drove alone	73.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	East Petersburg
1-unit, detached	51.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	28.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	East Petersburg
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1969	1967