Afton vs Scandia

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

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

Scandia has the higher population (3,966 vs 2,944 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($129,956 vs $100,179 in Scandia). Afton has the higher median home value ($655,400 vs $471,900 in Scandia).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Scandia
Population	2,944	3,966
Median age	50.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,956	$100,179
Median home value	$655,400	$471,900
Median gross rent	—	$978
Housing units	1,215	1,595
Homeownership rate	98.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Scandia
Population	2,999 → 2,944 (-1.8%)	4,112 → 3,966 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$119,511 → $129,956 (+8.7%)	$97,167 → $100,179 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $655,400 (+38.0%)	$387,400 → $471,900 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $2,068 (+60.1%)	$1,064 → $978 (-8.1%)

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

Scandia

Population

4,1123,966

Median household income

$97,167$100,179

Median home value

$387,400$471,900

Median gross rent

$1,064$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Scandia
Under 5	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	22.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	17.2%
75 and over	7.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Scandia
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Scandia
No high school diploma	0.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	12.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Scandia
Drove alone	71.2%	66.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	20.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Scandia
1-unit, detached	98.9%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Scandia
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1976	1978