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Akron, OH
Ohio · Summit County · Akron Metro
Akron is a large city in Ohio with a population of 189,526. Residents earn $48,544 per year, which is 35% below the national average.
2.9
/5.0
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Fair
189,526
Population
3,060/sq mi density
$48,544
Median Income
$29,763 per capita
$111,200
Home Value
$134,376 Zillow
$930
Median Rent
30.0% income on rent
53°F
Avg Temperature
252 sunny days/yr
901
Violent Crime/100K
3,319 property/100K
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Overall
2.9 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
2.9 / 5.0
$48,544 median income, 5.1% unemployment
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Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$111,200 home value, $930/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
901 violent crimes/100K (137% above avg)
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Education
2.9 / 5.0
23.3% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
41
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
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UFO Sightings Near Akron, OH
41 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Akron, OH.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akron (ellet), OH | 2013 | Black craft silent about the size of a plane. |
| Akron, OH | 2013 | Large, fast triangle craft |
| Akron, OH | 2013 | I was driving home from and and looked up at the night sky. I saw one really sparkly object that left a really long white trail. As soo |
| Akron, OH | 2013 | Looking nort east 4 lights making straight line. Then bottom light moved up. 3 lights disappeared then 40 sec later reappeared. Then a |
| Akron, OH | 2013 | Bright white fireball in the northwest sky over Akron. Steakhouse downward from left to right. |
| Akron, OH | 2013 | Wx:CAVU/dark/calm. 3rd one had halo of red around yellow/orange lite. It dropped a "flare" that burned out 1/3 way down. |
| Akron, OH | 2013 | Bright, slow moving, orange lighted orb traveling through sky then vanishes. |
| Akron, OH | 2012 | Some something that was not explainable. |
| Akron, OH | 2012 | Fire ball, then triangle of 3, then several covering sky and spreading as they headed W or WNW. |
| Akron, OH | 2012 | White light moving side to side for 30 minutes |
| Akron, OH | 2012 | Three fireball-like objects crossed the sky from east to west in succession. |
| Akron, OH | 2012 | I was in bed on a second floor this stealth-like craft with large white lights (not sure of how many or if there were red ones also) he |
| Akron, OH | 2011 | ((HOAX??)) i was outside of my house when i seen a oval of light circleing the sky. |
| Akron, OH | 2011 | Bright fire in the sky, hovered and split off into four. |
| Akron, OH | 2011 | Three metallic orbs scramble in the wake of a jet in the northern sky seen from Ohio. |
| Akron, OH | 2011 | Strange Lights Seen in Ohio Hang Above for Two Nights. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of stars, we suspect?? PD)) |
| Akron, OH | 2010 | quit, triangular shaped but elongated. Lights on three corners. Huge! |
| Akron, OH | 2010 | Green Fireball SOUND |
| Akron, OH | 2009 | Flame in the sky. |
| Akron, OH | 2009 | Shape shifting worm like ufo |
| Akron, OH | 2008 | sphere crosses night sky |
| Akron, OH | 2007 | moving bright light suddenly changed color from bright yellow-white to orange, then red, then dark red and disappeared |
| Akron, OH | 2007 | HUGE CLOUD-COLORED, WING-SHAPED,FAST MOVING, LOW FLYING SHAPE OVER AKRON |
| Akron, OH | 2007 | I was walking through the local university campus Sunday the 16th of September. I was the only person walking on the commons area at th |
| Akron, OH | 2006 | Bright white to reddish orange in the sky looked like a shooting star, until it stopped in mid air. |
| Akron (north of), OH | 2005 | Bright green flash lights the whole night sky, south of Cleveland |
| Akron, OH | 2004 | sightings in akron ohio multi colored and shaped object |
| Akron, OH | 2004 | disk in the sky in akron ohio |
| Akron, OH | 2003 | We saw 2 bright stars that were stationary and started moving (keeping the same distance apart) and disappeared after 15-20 seconds. |
| Akron, OH | 2002 | white oval object seemed to move out of our site straight up and gone |
| Akron, OH | 2001 | round orbs in the middle of the day |
| Akron, OH | 2001 | Last night in my sisters back yard I video tape a large yellow/ white looking star, I have seen this star many times before, We have ma |
| Akron, OH | 1998 | Looking at sky before entering work building. Observed orange fireball. Object was observed while standing in parking lot. Clear sky, n |
| Akron, OH | 1997 | Me and my frend saw a bright light. |
| Akron, OH | 1988 | 1 light split into 3,hovered, then flew away |
| Akron, OH | 1977 | I think I saw either an alien transport or God doing something wonderful. |
| Akron, OH | 1976 | large ball of light, made no sound |
| Akron, OH | 1969 | Aerial light makes turns not possible for aircraft. |
| Akron, OH | 1969 | Giant Silver Ball Hanging Over Akron In the Late 1960's |
| Akron, OH | 1968 | Disk in the City |
| Akron, OH | 1956 | Akron Ohio, 1956, Bright object similar to flying wing. 10 pm. See full description. |