Afton vs Shannon City

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

Afton and Shannon City 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 113 in Shannon City). Shannon City has the higher median household income ($90,139 vs $57,232 in Afton). Afton has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $45,000 in Shannon City).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Shannon City
Population	991	113
Median age	35.6 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$90,139
Median home value	$99,700	$45,000
Median gross rent	$564	—
Housing units	396	34
Homeownership rate	69.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Shannon City
Population	858 → 991 (+15.5%)	80 → 113 (+41.3%)
Median household income	$49,188 → $57,232 (+16.4%)	$50,833 → $90,139 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $99,700 (+35.1%)	$47,500 → $45,000 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $564 (+12.8%)	$756 → $850 (+12.4%)

Afton

Population

858991

Median household income

$49,188$57,232

Median home value

$73,800$99,700

Median gross rent

$500$564

Shannon City

Population

80113

Median household income

$50,833$90,139

Median home value

$47,500$45,000

Median gross rent

$756$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Shannon City
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	46.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	4.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.2%
75 and over	6.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Shannon City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	69.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Shannon City
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Shannon City
Drove alone	70.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	25.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Shannon City
1-unit, detached	73.0%	79.4%
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%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Shannon City
Poverty rate	13.5%	0.9%
Average household size	2.62	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1966	1938