Akron town, Colorado
Highlights from the Census 2000 Demographic Profiles:

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	1711	100.0	100%
Male	844	49.3	49.1%
Female	867	50.7	50.9%
Median age (years)	40.4	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	126	7.4	6.8%
18 years and over	1262	73.8	74.3%
65 years and over	395	23.1	12.4%
One race	1700	99.4	97.6%
White	1600	93.5	75.1%
Black or African American	2	0.1	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	21	1.2	0.9%
Asian	2	0.1	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1	0.1%
Some other race	74	4.3	5.5%
Two or more races	11	0.6	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	201	11.7	12.5%
Average household size	2.28	(X)	2.59
Average family size	2.94	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	835	100.0	100.0%
Occupied housing units	734	87.9	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	535	72.9	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	199	27.1	33.8%
Vacant housing units	101	12.1	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	1152	100.0
High school graduate or higher	(X)	72.8	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	12.4	24.4%

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	778	58.4	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (population 16 years and over)	14.6	(X)	25.5
Median household income (dollars)	29420	(X)	41,994
Median family income (dollars)	35156	(X)	50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15772	(X)	21,857
Families below poverty level	37	8.1	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	184	11	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	450	100.0
Median value (dollars)	70600	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage	650	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged	240	(X)	295

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)