Akron vs Maytown

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

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

Maytown has the higher population (4,321 vs 4,133 in Akron). Maytown has the higher median household income ($118,361 vs $74,360 in Akron). Maytown has the higher median home value ($272,300 vs $250,400 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Maytown
Population	4,133	4,321
Median age	41.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,360	$118,361
Median home value	$250,400	$272,300
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,724
Housing units	1,760	1,470
Homeownership rate	59.9%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Maytown
Population	3,997 → 4,133 (+3.4%)	3,928 → 4,321 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$68,139 → $74,360 (+9.1%)	$77,152 → $118,361 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $250,400 (+28.2%)	$182,500 → $272,300 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,106 (+13.2%)	$1,176 → $1,724 (+46.6%)

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

Maytown

Population

3,9284,321

Median household income

$77,152$118,361

Median home value

$182,500$272,300

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Maytown
Under 5	9.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.1%
75 and over	6.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Maytown
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Maytown
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	46.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Maytown
Drove alone	73.1%	74.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	14.0%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Maytown
1-unit, detached	51.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	27.8%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Maytown
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1969	1995