Afton vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (4,460 vs 2,944 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($129,956 vs $63,365 in Newport). Afton has the higher median home value ($655,400 vs $331,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Newport
Population	2,944	4,460
Median age	50.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,956	$63,365
Median home value	$655,400	$331,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,080
Housing units	1,215	2,001
Homeownership rate	98.1%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Newport
Population	2,999 → 2,944 (-1.8%)	3,532 → 4,460 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$119,511 → $129,956 (+8.7%)	$59,167 → $63,365 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $655,400 (+38.0%)	$216,300 → $331,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $2,068 (+60.1%)	$901 → $1,080 (+19.9%)

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

Newport

Population

3,5324,460

Median household income

$59,167$63,365

Median home value

$216,300$331,300

Median gross rent

$901$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Newport
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	22.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Newport
No high school diploma	0.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	12.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Newport
Drove alone	71.2%	66.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	2.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	15.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Newport
1-unit, detached	98.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Newport
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1976	1975