Akron, the seat of Washington County, had 1,725 residents in 2025, and county business brings people in from across Washington County. Web design in Akron should serve the whole county, not just the town. Aria builds small business websites for Akron companies for $89 a month, with the domain, business email and hosting included, and you only pay after you approve the website.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
A small business website that fits Akron
Households in Akron have a median income of $57,321 (Colorado: $95,470). A fair price is the deciding factor for many households here, so clarity about cost wins customers. Payment options, whether an estimate costs anything and your hours should be easy to find.
Seasons in Akron, and what they do to your website
Akron weather, in normals: July highs around 89°F, January lows around 17°F, measured at Akron Washington Co Airport, 0.3 miles away (1991-2020). Precipitation adds up to about 15 inches a year, falling on about 35 days with a tenth of an inch or more. About 42 days a year hit 90°F or more. Cold winters bring heating calls, snow plowing and winter car trouble, and the first freeze sends everyone searching at once. Put your seasonal services on their own page, so customers find them when they need them.
Small business websites in Akron: the local business mix
The Census counted 84 establishments with employees in 2023 in ZIP code 80720, which includes Akron and its surroundings.
In Washington County, the Census counted 115 businesses with employees and 436 without a payroll in 2023; the second group is where a simple, affordable website changes the most. By number of employer establishments, other services (repair, personal care, organizations) leads in Washington County (14.8%), followed by transportation and warehousing (13.9%) and construction (10.4%). Among Akron residents who work, the largest fields are education, health care and social assistance (26.3%) and finance, insurance and real estate (9.8%).
Akron by the numbers
75.1% of the town’s 766 households own the place they live in. A typical home here is worth $208,100; the median rent is $1,067 (Colorado medians: $539,400 and $1,761).
Since 2020 the count has slipped: 1,760 then, 1,725 in 2025. The high point was 2021, with 1,775 residents. The state’s figure for the same years was +4.1%. A steady town rewards the business people can find and trust quickly.
Your Akron audience
Broadband reaches 82.8% of households in Akron (93.5% in Colorado), and 21.8% get online only through a phone plan. That favors simple pages that load fast over heavy designs.
24.6% of residents are 65 or older (15.6% statewide). Adult children often search on behalf of older parents, so the website has to explain services plainly.
Trips to work are short here: 61.2% take under 15 minutes. Short trips keep spending close to home, and customers pick the nearest business they can trust.
Towns near Akron your website can name
Within a short drive of Akron you find Otis (14 miles), Hillrose (19 miles) and Brush (23 miles). For big-city shopping and services, Greeley (115,073 residents) is 84 miles away. Akron covers 2.8 square miles of land, about 622 residents per square mile. The town lies at an elevation of about 4,659 feet. 4 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. Customers in Brush and Merino will ask the same thing: do you work here? A service area page answers before they have to.
Akron is one of 2 municipalities in Washington County, a county of 4,732 people. Across Washington County, the median household income is $67,167 and the median age is 41.3. 86.4% of households have broadband and 28.6% rely on a cellphone data plan alone. Homeowners are 73.6% of households.
Running a website from Akron: the Colorado rules
These are some of the Colorado and federal rules a small business with a website runs into:
- Under ADA Title III, a business open to the public should make its website usable by people with disabilities, according to the Justice Department’s guidance. ADA.gov guidance
This is general information, not legal advice. Your county, your town hall or an attorney can confirm what applies to you.
A web designer for Akron businesses, working online
Aria works from Curitiba, Brazil, and has built websites for businesses since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in Akron get exactly the same plan as anyone else.
- You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
- Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes.
- Ask for adjustments by email, approve, and after the first monthly fee the site goes live on your domain.
After it goes live, hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates are handled for you, and you request content changes by email at no extra cost.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Your questions, answered for Akron
Can the website mention Hillrose, Merino and the other towns I cover?
Yes. Tell us by email which towns you cover, Hillrose and Merino included, and they go on the website’s service area page.
Is a website worth it for a business in a town of 1,725 people?
Your market is bigger than the town: Washington County has 436 nonemployer businesses and 115 with employees (2023), and customers search across the whole area. A website is how people outside Akron find you.
Can customers buy from my website?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalog, shopping cart and online payment, for the same $89 a month. Collecting sales tax is your responsibility: Colorado’s state rate is 2.9%, and local taxes may apply.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
A small business website for Akron, for $89 a month
You approve the website before the first payment, and there is no setup fee.
- Numbers for Akron come from the U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 population estimates (Vintage 2025), the 2020-2024 American Community Survey (5-year), County and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and the 2025 Gazetteer for straight-line distances.
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USW00024015).
- Founding year, nickname, elevation, waters, colleges, hospitals, airports and parks: Wikidata (item Q154455), retrieved on October 30, 2026; distances are straight-line.
- The Colorado rules come from the official sources linked in that section (checked October 30, 2026); county seats from the USGS National Atlas.
