Town · Washington County, Colorado

Akron, Colorado

Akron is a town in Washington County, Colorado. It has 1,722 residents. Akron, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,020 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #155 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), drug overdose deaths (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), flu vaccinations (low) and traffic deaths (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,020 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #155 of 220 in CO
Population: 1,722 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 621.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 0800925

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety69#4,794/15,637
Economy41#9,244/15,631
Housing41#8,801/14,977
Health66#5,315/15,609
Healthcare17#12,928/15,650
Environment82#2,808/15,453
Education71#4,598/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,346/15,650
Community66#5,247/15,651
Leisure & amenities19#12,704/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Akron, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washington County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high4.2 /10k
99/100Colorado 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Colorado 28.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWashington County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.1 µg/m³
96/100Colorado 5.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWashington County value
Students per teacher · low10.8×
94/100Colorado 16.2×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWashington County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Colorado 3.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWashington County value
Voter turnout · high77.6%
92/100Colorado 74.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWashington County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high62.7%
0/100Colorado 32.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Flu vaccinations · low17.0%
0/100Colorado 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Traffic deaths · high74.7 /100k
1/100Colorado 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWashington County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Colorado 6.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value
Injury deaths · high165 /100k
2/100Colorado 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,046 (2015-2019) → 1,722 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.6 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.0% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
21.5% (2015-2019) → 9.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 3.6× (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateImproving
14.7% (2015-2019) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Akron, Colorado improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++14 points12.0% → 25.8%
Poverty−7.2 points14.7% → 7.5%
Household income+24%$46,176 → $57,321

Declined1

Price / income+1.1×2.6× → 3.6×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Akron, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	79.4%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	90.5%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.4272020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$46,1762015-2019	$57,3212020-2024	+24%	Improved	42%
Poverty rate	14.7%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Improved	87%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.7%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	32.5%2015-2019	39.7%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.4%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Akron, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Akron, Colorado in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Akron, Colorado itself moved −7.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,722 residents (±195)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

766 households (±79)

Akron, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k18%135
$25k–50k25%†195
$50k–75k21%161

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

766 households (±79)

Akron, Colorado
Colorado share

Own75%575
Rent25%191

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

742 workers (±122)

Akron, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone81%598
Carpool8.4%†62
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Washington County, the county holding most of Akron's residents.

Washington County has 115 employer establishments, 237 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Colorado's), with 537 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,533. The Census Bureau also counts 436 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 115; 436 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 237; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 537
Average annual pay: $44,533; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Washington County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	12	24.7	4.89×More than typical	20	$58,150	26
Banks and credit unions	7	14.4	4.47×Too few to compare	33	$57,152	—
Religious organizations	7	14.4	2.60×Too few to compare	16	$12,750	—
Specialty trade contractors	7	14.4	0.93×Too few to compare	8	$61,125	23
Ambulatory health care services	4	8.2	0.40×Too few to compare	18	$49,222	18
Gasoline stations	4	8.2	2.54×Too few to compare	33	$35,303	—
Lessors of real estate	4	8.2	0.67×Too few to compare	4	$17,000	30
Restaurants and other eating places	4	8.2	0.45×Too few to compare	38	$18,737	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	6.2	1.52×Too few to compare	6	$31,500	12
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	3	6.2	9.10×Too few to compare	11	$32,182	—
Construction of buildings	3	6.2	0.82×Too few to compare	5	$48,400	21
Other specialty trade contractors	3	6.2	2.46×Too few to compare	2	$24,000	8

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,849 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Akron is mostly in Washington County.

See federal money in Washington County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Akron, Colorado is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Lauren BoebertR-CO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Washington County51100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Washington County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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