Afton vs Lorimor

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

Afton and Lorimor 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 375 in Lorimor). Afton has the higher median household income ($57,232 vs $43,281 in Lorimor). Afton has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $67,900 in Lorimor).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Lorimor
Population	991	375
Median age	35.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$43,281
Median home value	$99,700	$67,900
Median gross rent	$564	$850
Housing units	396	207
Homeownership rate	69.8%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Lorimor
Population	858 → 991 (+15.5%)	405 → 375 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$49,188 → $57,232 (+16.4%)	$39,167 → $43,281 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $99,700 (+35.1%)	$42,700 → $67,900 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $564 (+12.8%)	$786 → $850 (+8.1%)

Afton

Population

858991

Median household income

$49,188$57,232

Median home value

$73,800$99,700

Median gross rent

$500$564

Lorimor

Population

405375

Median household income

$39,167$43,281

Median home value

$42,700$67,900

Median gross rent

$786$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Lorimor
Under 5	4.4%	10.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	19.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.1%
75 and over	6.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Lorimor
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	88.8%
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%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Lorimor
No high school diploma	5.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Lorimor
Drove alone	70.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	25.1%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Lorimor
1-unit, detached	73.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Lorimor
Poverty rate	13.5%	25.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	1966	1938