Akron, Indiana.
Typical home $227,520 (+8.3% in a year). Warsaw, IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$726 (+155%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,400 +8%
- $210,120$227,520 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $63,211 +38%
- $164,308$227,520 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Akron$1,194
- Indiana$1,350
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Akron, IN rose 8.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Akron, Fulton County, Indiana
Akron is a town of 1,125 people in Fulton County. Half its households earn more than $58,636 a year and half less, against $61,360 across Fulton County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Fulton County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Fulton County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Akron is a small town in Fulton County, Indiana, home to a small community of neighbors who know one another. Household incomes here run somewhat below the county's, and a modest share of residents live below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and homes sit at a moderate price for the region. Winters are cold, with January highs hovering around freezing and a fair amount of snow, while July brings warm summer days and a steady supply of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Across Fulton County, some of the largest workplaces are Rochester Metal Products, a gray iron foundry, along with Woodlawn Hospital and the Rochester Community School district. Most people drive to work, and the typical commute is a fairly long one, with very few working from home. Unemployment across the county has stayed low, though the number of jobs has slipped a little over the past year.
Things to do. Lake Manitou and Nyona Lake are both a short drive away, for time by the water. For a longer outing, Lake Maxinkuckee is a lake a longer drive off, and Tippecanoe River State Park is a protected area that is also farther afield. The International Circus Hall of Fame, a museum, is another longer drive for a day trip.
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- 17%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Fulton County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fulton County had 6,275 jobs in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 63°. About 30 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rochester weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fulton County
- Rochester Metal ProductsGray iron foundries348
- Rochester Community School CorpSchool district274FTE
- Tippecanoe Valley School CorpSchool district257FTE
- Woodlawn HospitalCritical access hospital239FTE
- Morrison ProductsAir purification equipment, stationary, manufacturing205
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters174
- Winamac Coil SpringCoiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing150
- E & B PavingConcrete paving149
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,037 people in all across the county; Akron has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Akron’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Fulton County and the Warsaw, IN metro.
Akron home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Akron$227,520
- Indiana$257,165
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Akron7
Zip codes with a Akron address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Akron — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.