Metro area · CBSA 10420
Akron
The Akron, OH metro area has 699,820 people. Median rent is $1,033, 17.1% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Summit County at $1,231. Of the 39 places we track here, Pigeon Creek has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$72,371
Median home value
$213,000
Unemployment
5.1%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,231
HUD, Summit County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akron | 189,247 | $955 | 23.8% |
| Cuyahoga Falls | 50,909 | $1,038 | 17.1% |
| Stow | 34,240 | $1,212 | 15.5% |
| Green | 27,393 | $1,228 | 15.5% |
| Kent | 27,116 | $991 | 27.7% |
| Barberton | 24,844 | $848 | 19.5% |
| Hudson | 23,039 | $2,344 | 16.4% |
| Twinsburg | 19,410 | $1,356 | 16.4% |
| Tallmadge | 18,335 | $1,067 | 14.3% |
| Streetsboro | 17,661 | $1,332 | 17.7% |
| Aurora | 17,581 | $1,799 | 16.9% |
| New Franklin | 13,843 | $1,132 | 15.1% |
| Macedonia | 12,152 | $2,190 | 25.9% |
| Norton | 11,524 | $1,059 | 14.0% |
| Ravenna | 11,274 | $947 | 18.9% |
| Fairlawn | 7,711 | $1,239 | 15.3% |
| Portage Lakes | 5,913 | $1,162 | 21.7% |
| Montrose-Ghent | 5,903 | $2,679 | 17.8% |
| Reminderville | 5,387 | $1,657 | 18.6% |
| Munroe Falls | 5,000 | $848 | 12.5% |
| Mogadore | 3,806 | $992 | 14.4% |
| Richfield | 3,721 | $1,210 | 17.6% |
| Northfield | 3,543 | $876 | 14.8% |
| Brimfield | 2,979 | $1,438 | 19.1% |
| Lakemore | 2,914 | $1,060 | 21.3% |
| Garrettsville | 2,752 | $884 | 16.0% |
| Silver Lake | 2,515 | $1,696 | 14.5% |
| Windham | 2,020 | $898 | 19.9% |
| Boston Heights | 1,381 | $1,150 | 11.4% |
| Sawyerwood | 1,241 | $1,026 | 23.8% |
| Clinton | 1,216 | $738 | 11.5% |
| Hiram | 1,201 | $857 | 13.7% |
| Twinsburg Heights | 1,144 | $787 | 25.9% |
| Suffield | 1,126 | $1,077 | 21.0% |
| Brady Lake | 831 | $966 | 26.2% |
| Pigeon Creek | 829 | $1,026 | 7.6% |
| Atwater | 745 | $791 | 16.8% |
| Mantua | 661 | $903 | 21.8% |
| Peninsula | 576 | $1,750 | 17.8% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.