Akron Canton Apartments for Rent

Once known as the "Rubber Capital of the World," Akron is now a center for polymer research and development, as well as home to a university, multiple museums, apartments and interesting neighborhoods.

Akron, which is located near the Ohio and Erie Canal, is a hub for forward-thinking and invention. The Akron National Inventors Hall of Fame showcases hundreds of inventions that have changed our lives and offers a collegiate inventors competition. If you have children, you might want to find apartments near this downtown Akron landmark to keep your kids busy while learning at the Hall's Camp Invention, a summer day camp, or Club Invention, an after-school program.

Downtown Akron is the city's center for industry and features a host of historic structures, including the Akron Art Museum. The B.F. Goodrich Plant at Canal Place has been renovated to include the Canal Park baseball stadium, Knight Convention Center and a new library. The Akron YMCA was converted into apartments, and multiple condominiums were built at the Landings at Canal Park.

West of downtown lies Akron's largest collection of multi-story apartments, in the Highland Square neighborhood. This area is a lively urban village that offers a number of shopping venues, restaurants and bars. Catch a movie at the historic Highland Theater, a 1930s landmark that also has a liquor license. The West Market Street District in this neighborhood has retail and specialty shops, cafes, neighborhood services, automotive dealers and offices.

Bordering West Market Street, the Northwest Akron neighborhood offers opportunities to play soccer, hike, jog, sled, cross-country ski and ice skate in its Sand Run Metropolitan Park, a massive 992-acre park which has six trails in varying degrees of difficulty. Apartments in this Akron area are along Portage Path, in the Valley and in the North Hawkins area.

The University of Akron is home to 26,000 students pursuing the university's 300 degree programs. Students enjoy shopping in nearby retail area Spicertown and in the shops along East Market Street. To be near campus, look for apartments just east of downtown Akron in the University Park neighborhood or in the Exchange Street Residence Hall, which provides apartment-style living for up to 500 students.

Considered Akron's unofficial shopping area, the Chapel Hill neighborhood is a spender's paradise, with retail stores along Home Avenue, Howe Road and Brittain Road. Look for apartments in this northeast Akron neighborhood if you want to live near Chapel Hill Mall, which is at the northeast corner of the area.

Apartment hunting can be stressful, but ApartmentGuide.com makes it much simpler. With almost 50 apartments available within 10 miles from the center of Akron, you're bound to find a place to live near where you need to be.