Erie County, New York
Akron / NewsteadHomes For Sale
Fifty-one square miles in the north-east corner of Erie County, with the Village of Akron and the falls on Murder Creek near its centre.
8,689
Population
2020 US Census
1823
Established
From Clarence, as the Town of Erie
51.1 sq mi
Town area
US Census Bureau
1849
Village of Akron
Year incorporated
Where it is
The town line, and what it is near.
The outline is the real administrative boundary from OpenStreetMap, not a circle drawn around a pin.
Driving from the centre of Akron
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport30min15.4 mi
- University at Buffalo, North Campus32min17.2 mi
- Walden Galleria33min19.4 mi
- Downtown Buffalo42min35.0 mi
- Niagara Falls49min35.8 mi
- Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park57min33.7 mi
Free-flow driving times and distances from the Mapbox Directions API, measured September 2026 from the town-centre point shown on the map. Expect longer at peak, and longer again in winter.
Listings
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A local’s perspective
Getting to know Akron / Newstead.
Newstead is the town in the north-east corner of Erie County. It was created in 1823 from the eastern part of the town of Clarence as the “Town of Erie”, and renamed Newstead in 1831 — reportedly on the advice of Abigail Fillmore, after Newstead Abbey, the English home of Lord Byron. The town’s own record notes that its early papers were lost in a fire in June 1887.
The Village of Akron, incorporated in 1849, sits in the eastern central part of the town and is its commercial and administrative centre. Murder Creek runs through the village and over Akron Falls, and much of the 284-acre Akron Falls County Park lies within the village line. The town is split in two by the Onondaga Escarpment, Tonawanda Creek forms its northern boundary, and a portion of the Tonawanda Reservation, the territory of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, is in its north-eastern corner.
At 51 square miles and a 2020 census population of 8,689 — 2,888 of them in the village — Newstead is largely agricultural: the town records more than 40% of its area in farming. Gypsum and the cement industry drove much of Akron’s early growth. Outside the village, the town’s settlements are hamlets and crossroads rather than incorporated places.
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At a glance
- County
- Erie County, NY
- Incorporated village
- Akron (1849)
- Hamlets
- Swifts Mills, Murrays Corner, Sand Hill, South Newstead
- Created
- 1823, from Clarence
- School districts
- Akron Central, Clarence Central
- To the airport
- About 30 minutes
Thinking about Akron?
Disclosures, past sale history, and the dates and prices of homes sold nearby are not on the public portals. They are one call away.
Call (716) 531-2898Highlights
Why people choose Akron.
A waterfall inside the village
Akron Falls County Park covers 284 acres along Murder Creek, with a 40-foot waterfall. Erie County has run it since 1947, which makes it one of the county’s oldest parks.
A village with its own utilities
The Village of Akron runs its own municipal electric utility, water system and wastewater plant, as well as village police, fire and public works.
Split by the escarpment
The town’s own record describes Newstead as physically split in two by the Onondaga Escarpment.
A rail trail to Clarence
The Akron-Newstead bike path runs about 4.6 miles south-west from the village along the old West Shore railroad line and continues into Clarence to Salt Road.
Farmland is the town’s heritage
The town records more than 40% of its area in agriculture, and land parcels are an ordinary part of the listings feed here.
Listings move, and we watch them
The team’s own framing for this town: stay on top of the newest listings, and tell us what you want to see. The grid on this page is that feed, live.
Neighborhoods
One town, 6 places with their own name.
A mailing address and a municipality are not the same thing in Akron. This is which is which.
Village
Akron
Incorporated 1849, with its own village government, utilities and Main Street business district. It absorbed the former settlement of Falkirk as it grew.
Hamlet
Swifts Mills
A historic settlement on Murder Creek in the north of the town.
Hamlet
Murrays Corner
On Route 5 at the Crittenden Road intersection.
Hamlet
Sand Hill
A small hamlet in the north-west of the town, where Rapids Road meets Crego Road.
Hamlet
South Newstead
A crossroads near the Alden town line.
Unincorporated
Town outside the village
Most of Newstead’s 51 square miles is outside the Village of Akron and governed by the town alone — a different tax bill and a different set of services from a village address.
Lifestyle
What is actually in Akron.
Akron Falls Park
The Erie County park in the village: trails, fishing, tennis and basketball courts, picnic shelters, and sledding, skating and cross-country skiing in winter.
The Akron-Newstead bike path
A paved rail trail from Cedar Street and Eckerson Avenue in the village toward Clarence, with a Peanut Line branch and a 2020 extension past Leisurewood.
The Conservation Trail
The long-distance foot trail, marked in orange, passes through Akron Falls Park on its route between Pennsylvania and Canada.
The Octagon House and Knight-Sutton Museum
The 1849 Rich-Twinn Octagon House on Main Street, listed on the National Register in 1995, and the Knight-Sutton local history museum, both run by the Newstead Historical Society.
Murder Creek and Tonawanda Creek
Murder Creek runs through the village and over the falls; Tonawanda Creek forms the town’s northern boundary.
Routes 5, 93 and the Thruway
Route 93 runs north-south through the village, Route 5 crosses the town east-west, and the Thruway runs through its southern part.
Schools
Which district serves Akron / Newstead.
Akron Central School District
Akron Elementary School
Akron Middle School
Akron High School
The district office is at 47 Bloomingdale Avenue in the village. Akron Central serves Newstead and also draws from parts of Pembroke, Alabama, Royalton, Lockport, Alden and Clarence.
Also draws from the town
Clarence Central School District
Includes part of Newstead.
Nearby higher education
University at Buffalo, North Campus
Erie Community College, North Campus
Genesee Community College
Before you write an offer
Two districts, one town
Akron Central serves the town, but Clarence Central takes part of it, and the lines do not follow the village or the ZIP codes. We confirm the assigned district and school for the exact address, in writing.
District and school assignments are set by the districts and can change. Nothing here is a rating or a recommendation of any school. Verify the assignment for a specific address with the district before you rely on it — or ask us and we will confirm it in writing. See the New York State Fair Housing Notice.
Before you sign
The parts that are not the house.
HOAs and associations
Whether Akron comes with dues.
Most of Newstead is unassociated property — village lots in Akron and rural and farm parcels across the rest of the town. An HOA is the exception here rather than the rule.
- Where an association does apply, we pull the documents, the current dues and any special assessment on file before you commit.
- A Village of Akron address carries village tax and village services — including the village’s own electric, water and sewer — on top of the town’s. Not an HOA, but the line people most often mistake for one here.
- On rural parcels the questions that matter are rarely dues. Septic, well capacity and water quality, easements and shared-driveway agreements are what decide the real cost.
- Dues and coverage vary by association and change year to year, so we quote them from the current documents for that specific property.
New construction
Building new in Akron.
With more than 40% of the town in agriculture and most of it outside the village, a build in Newstead is usually a custom home on a purchased parcel rather than a house in a large subdivision.
- Inside the village, lots can connect to Akron’s municipal water, sewer and electric. Outside it, percolation, septic approval, well capacity and the distance of the utility runs decide the budget long before finishes do.
- Town road frontage, driveway permits, setbacks and any working farm next door are worth confirming before you commit to a parcel, not after.
- A builder’s on-site agent represents the builder. Bring your own representation to the first visit; on most builder contracts you cannot add it afterwards.
Nearby
Also worth a look beside Akron.
ClarenceRolling countryside estates minutes from Buffalo, prized for privacy and land.Explore
AldenVillage life and open country on the eastern edge of Erie County.Explore
LancasterA classic Western New York village with strong value and easy commutes.Explore
Lockport / Pendleton / WheatfieldNiagara County living along the Erie Canal, from the city to open land.Explore
Market trends
What the Akron market is doing.
Live, not last quarter
The grid above is the market.
There is no median price or days-on-market figure printed on this page on purpose. Those move week to week, and a number typed into a web page last quarter is a number that will be wrong when you need it. What is on this page is the live MLS feed for Akron, updated as listings change.
The rest of the picture — what has actually been selling, what it sold for, how long it sat, and the disclosures and sale history that public portals do not publish — comes from the MLS, and we will walk you through it for the streets you are looking at.
Ask for the Akron numbersThinking of selling
What your Akron home is worth today.
An instant estimate is a starting point, not a price. It does not know what you did to the kitchen, and it does not know what the house three streets over actually closed at. Start with the estimate, then we will price it against the real comparable sales.
Questions
Akron / Newstead, answered.
The questions buyers and sellers actually open with, answered straight rather than hedged.
What school district is Akron / Newstead in?
Akron Central School District serves the town, with its elementary, middle and high schools in the Village of Akron. Clarence Central School District also includes part of Newstead. The line does not follow the village boundary or the ZIP codes, so for any specific property we confirm the assigned district and school in writing before you make an offer.
Is Akron a town or a village?
Akron is a village, incorporated in 1849, inside the Town of Newstead. It has its own mayor, board of trustees, police, fire and public works, and its own municipal electric, water and sewer. A village address pays village tax on top of town tax; the rest of Newstead is governed by the town alone.
What hamlets are in Newstead?
Outside the Village of Akron, the town’s named places include Swifts Mills, Murrays Corner, Sand Hill, South Newstead, Hawkins Corners and Akron Junction. None of them is separately incorporated. Falkirk, once a separate settlement, was absorbed into Akron as the village grew.
What ZIP code is Newstead?
More than one. The town spans the 14001, 14004 and 14031 ZIP codes, so a mailing address on its own does not tell you which town a property is in or which school district serves it. We confirm both for the exact address.
How far is Akron from Buffalo?
Measured driving from the Village of Akron: about 30 minutes to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, 33 to Walden Galleria, 32 to UB’s North Campus and 42 to downtown Buffalo. Those are free-flow times from the Mapbox Directions API in September 2026 and will run longer at peak.
What is at Akron Falls Park?
Akron Falls County Park covers 284 acres along Murder Creek, much of it inside the village, with a 40-foot waterfall. Erie County has managed it since 1947. It has hiking trails, fishing, tennis and basketball courts, picnic shelters and playgrounds, and winter sledding, skating and cross-country skiing, and the Conservation Trail passes through it.
When was Newstead founded?
The town was created in 1823 from the eastern part of Clarence, under the name Town of Erie, and renamed Newstead in 1831 — reportedly on the advice of Abigail Fillmore, after Lord Byron’s Newstead Abbey. The area was first settled around 1801, and the Village of Akron was incorporated in 1849.
Does Newstead border the Tonawanda Reservation?
Yes. A portion of the Tonawanda Reservation, the territory of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, lies in the north-eastern corner of the town, and the reservation also borders Newstead in Genesee and Niagara counties.
How do I hear about new Akron and Newstead listings first?
In the team's own words: in this competitive market it's important to stay on top of the newest listings and to alert us on anything you would like to see. Register on the search site for email alerts when new Akron and Newstead homes come on the market, or call James Hoffman at (716) 531-2898 — the team can provide information that is not available to the public, including disclosures, past sales history, and the dates and prices of homes recently sold nearby.
Next step
Buying or selling in Akron / Newstead?
James Hoffman and The House Hoffman Team has closed over 2,773 transactions and has ranked in HUNT’s top five for closed volume and transactions for more than a decade. The office is at 8780 Sheridan Drive in Williamsville, inside the town.