Afton vs Arispe

A side-by-side comparison of Afton and Arispe: population, income, housing, and more.

Afton and Arispe are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Afton has the higher population (991 vs 79 in Arispe). Afton has the higher median household income ($57,232 vs $46,250 in Arispe). Afton has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $73,300 in Arispe).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Arispe
Population	991	79
Median age	35.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$46,250
Median home value	$99,700	$73,300
Median gross rent	$564	—
Housing units	396	31
Homeownership rate	69.8%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Arispe
Population	858 → 991 (+15.5%)	124 → 79 (-36.3%)
Median household income	$49,188 → $57,232 (+16.4%)	$38,594 → $46,250 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $99,700 (+35.1%)	$48,100 → $73,300 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $564 (+12.8%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Afton

Population

858991

Median household income

$49,188$57,232

Median home value

$73,800$99,700

Median gross rent

$500$564

Arispe

Population

12479

Median household income

$38,594$46,250

Median home value

$48,100$73,300

Median gross rent

$950$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Arispe
Under 5	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.9%
25 to 34	19.5%	1.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	7.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	20.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Arispe
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	73.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	22.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Arispe
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Arispe
Drove alone	70.8%	59.5%
Carpooled	25.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	13.5%
Other means	0.4%	18.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Arispe
1-unit, detached	73.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Arispe
Poverty rate	13.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1966	1961