Affton vs Ferguson

A side-by-side comparison of Affton and Ferguson: population, income, housing, and more.

Affton and Ferguson are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Affton has the higher population (20,035 vs 18,350 in Ferguson). Affton has the higher median household income ($77,337 vs $46,106 in Ferguson). Affton has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $99,300 in Ferguson).

Population, income & housing

	Affton	Ferguson
Population	20,035	18,350
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,337	$46,106
Median home value	$200,300	$99,300
Median gross rent	$978	$1,066
Housing units	9,278	9,777
Homeownership rate	80.5%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Affton	Ferguson
Population	20,148 → 20,035 (-0.6%)	20,738 → 18,350 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$60,969 → $77,337 (+26.8%)	$40,000 → $46,106 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$149,300 → $200,300 (+34.2%)	$83,500 → $99,300 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $978 (+10.5%)	$929 → $1,066 (+14.7%)

Affton

Population

20,14820,035

Median household income

$60,969$77,337

Median home value

$149,300$200,300

Median gross rent

$885$978

Ferguson

Population

20,73818,350

Median household income

$40,000$46,106

Median home value

$83,500$99,300

Median gross rent

$929$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Affton	Ferguson
Under 5	6.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.2%
75 and over	7.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Affton	Ferguson
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	25.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Affton	Ferguson
No high school diploma	7.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Affton	Ferguson
Drove alone	76.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.7%	6.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.5%
Other means	1.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Affton	Ferguson
1-unit, detached	83.5%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Affton	Ferguson
Poverty rate	5.6%	24.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1959	1957