| Official Name: | Macedonia, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | "The Crossroads of Northeast Ohio" |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Summit |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.29 |
| Area Land Km2: | 25.20 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.09 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 9.76 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 9.73 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 12168 |
| Population Density Km2: | 482.87 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1250.57 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1034 |
| Coordinates: | 41.3178°N -81.5042°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 44056 |
| Area Code: | 330 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-45976[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1087006 |
| Website: | http://www.macedonia.oh.us/ |
Macedonia is a city in northern Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,168 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Akron metropolitan area.
The city's name is said to derive from a small joke among divinity students at Western Reserve College, which in the early 19th century was in Hudson, Ohio. The students, who were called upon to preach in the small hamlet 6miles to the north, recalled Acts 16:10: "...we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them."[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.75sqmi, including 9.71sqmi of land and 0.04sqmi of water.[4]
The median income for a household in the city was $77,866, and the median income for a family was $88,906. The per capita income for the city was $32,960. About 2.1% of the population were below the poverty line. Of the city's population over the age of 25, 41.2% holds a bachelor's degree or higher.[5] [6]
As of the census[7] of 2010, there were 11,188 people, 4,338 households, and 3,231 families residing in the city. The population density was 1152.2PD/sqmi. There were 4,545 housing units at an average density of 468.1/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 83.6% White, 10.4% African American, 0.1% Native American, 3.9% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.
There were 4,338 households, of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.5% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% were composed of a person 65 years or older living alone. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.01.
The median age in the city was 43.4 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 32.7% were from 45 to 64; and 14.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.