Afton vs Lakeland

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

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

Afton has the higher population (2,944 vs 1,510 in Lakeland). Afton has the higher median household income ($129,956 vs $101,339 in Lakeland). Afton has the higher median home value ($655,400 vs $357,700 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Lakeland
Population	2,944	1,510
Median age	50.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$129,956	$101,339
Median home value	$655,400	$357,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,644
Housing units	1,215	743
Homeownership rate	98.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Lakeland
Population	2,999 → 2,944 (-1.8%)	1,799 → 1,510 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$119,511 → $129,956 (+8.7%)	$90,972 → $101,339 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $655,400 (+38.0%)	$258,300 → $357,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $2,068 (+60.1%)	$1,112 → $1,644 (+47.8%)

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

Lakeland

Population

1,7991,510

Median household income

$90,972$101,339

Median home value

$258,300$357,700

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Lakeland
Under 5	5.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	21.7%
65 to 74	15.5%	16.4%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Lakeland
No high school diploma	0.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	12.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Lakeland
Drove alone	71.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	22.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	98.9%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Lakeland
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1976	1976