Afton vs Bayport

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

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

Bayport has the higher population (3,948 vs 2,944 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($129,956 vs $115,781 in Bayport). Afton has the higher median home value ($655,400 vs $363,200 in Bayport).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Bayport
Population	2,944	3,948
Median age	50.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,956	$115,781
Median home value	$655,400	$363,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,773
Housing units	1,215	1,213
Homeownership rate	98.1%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Bayport
Population	2,999 → 2,944 (-1.8%)	3,723 → 3,948 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$119,511 → $129,956 (+8.7%)	$78,221 → $115,781 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $655,400 (+38.0%)	$248,900 → $363,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $2,068 (+60.1%)	$1,343 → $1,773 (+32.0%)

Afton

Population

2,9992,944

Median household income

$119,511$129,956

Median home value

$475,000$655,400

Median gross rent

$1,292$2,068

Bayport

Population

3,7233,948

Median household income

$78,221$115,781

Median home value

$248,900$363,200

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Bayport
Under 5	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	22.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	22.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	6.9%
75 and over	7.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Bayport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	16.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.9%
Asian	2.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Bayport
No high school diploma	0.7%	13.6%
High school graduate	12.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Bayport
Drove alone	71.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	22.7%	16.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Bayport
1-unit, detached	98.9%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Bayport
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1976	1960