Afton vs Greene

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

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

Greene has the higher population (1,556 vs 1,086 in Afton). Greene has the higher median household income ($53,508 vs $37,885 in Afton). Greene has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $112,500 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Greene
Population	1,086	1,556
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$53,508
Median home value	$112,500	$149,400
Median gross rent	$787	$679
Housing units	491	826
Homeownership rate	60.1%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Greene
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	1,566 → 1,556 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$51,458 → $53,508 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$113,300 → $149,400 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	$587 → $679 (+15.7%)

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

Greene

Population

1,5661,556

Median household income

$51,458$53,508

Median home value

$113,300$149,400

Median gross rent

$587$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Greene
Under 5	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Greene
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Greene
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	56.8%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Greene
Drove alone	72.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	11.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Greene
1-unit, detached	58.0%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	17.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Greene
Poverty rate	17.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1938	1944