Population Loss In Neighborhoods

On the neighborhood level, population loss is still an area of concern. According to data collected by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, the number of neighborhoods losing population faster than the city as a whole dropped slightly from thirteen out of twenty-one between 1990 and 2000 to eleven between 2000 and 2010. However, the total number of neighborhoods losing population at all rose from thirteen in 2000 to nineteen in 2010. Additionally, the number of neighborhoods with a higher rate of poverty than the city as a whole rose from nine in the year 2000 to thirteen in 2010. In seven of those neighborhoods, over a third of residents were living in poverty.
Akron has relatively old housing stock that may create challenges for attracting and