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CITY OF AKRON
2000 CENSUS INFORMATION

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VACANT HOUSING UNITS
As a Percentage of All Housing Units

  • The vast majority of neighborhoods within the City of Akron have less than 10% of their housing units vacant.
  • Areas of Akron with 10-15% vacancy rates are scattered throughout the City, but concentrated mostly in Central West and Central East Akron near the city center.
  • Areas with the highest vacancy rates are concentrated immediately north of the city center, immediately southwest of the center, and in the old industrial area between Firestone Park and Kenmore.
 

0-5%

5-10%

10-15%

15-20%

20-27%
Northwest Akron

Ellet and Goodyear Heights, mostly east of Brittain Road

Central West Akron north of Copley Road

Northern and southwestern Kenmore

Central Firestone Park

Northern and eastern fringe of North Hill closest to Gorge Park and Chapel Hill Mall

South of Chapel Hill Mall

 Central Business District

South Main, west to the Innerbelt, and south to Thornton Street

South Central Akron between South Main and Arlington Street

Goodyear Heights east of South Arlington Street and north of East Market Street

Northern part of Ellet

North Hill generally south of Cuyahoga Falls Avenue and North Akron east of the Cuyahoga River

Central West Akron south of Copley

 West Hill

Central east Akron from Summa Medical Center to I-76

Area between South Main Street and Summit Lake

 Southwest of the Central Business District

West of South Main Street

 Elizabeth Park Valley area

Center of City

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