Afton vs Cromwell

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

Afton and Cromwell 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 87 in Cromwell). Cromwell has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $57,232 in Afton). Cromwell has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $99,700 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Cromwell
Population	991	87
Median age	35.6 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$57,500
Median home value	$99,700	$107,100
Median gross rent	$564	—
Housing units	396	41
Homeownership rate	69.8%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Cromwell
Population	858 → 991 (+15.5%)	89 → 87 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$49,188 → $57,232 (+16.4%)	$46,875 → $57,500 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $99,700 (+35.1%)	$71,300 → $107,100 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $564 (+12.8%)	—

Afton

Population

858991

Median household income

$49,188$57,232

Median home value

$73,800$99,700

Median gross rent

$500$564

Cromwell

Population

8987

Median household income

$46,875$57,500

Median home value

$71,300$107,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Cromwell
Under 5	4.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	19.5%	2.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	5.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	20.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.6%
75 and over	6.7%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Cromwell
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	96.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Cromwell
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Cromwell
Drove alone	70.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	25.1%	22.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	5.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Cromwell
1-unit, detached	73.0%	85.4%
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%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Cromwell
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1966	1974