Afton vs Guilford

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

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

Afton has the higher population (1,086 vs 377 in Guilford). Guilford has the higher median household income ($73,839 vs $37,885 in Afton). Afton has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $93,000 in Guilford).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Guilford
Population	1,086	377
Median age	43.3 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$73,839
Median home value	$112,500	$93,000
Median gross rent	$787	—
Housing units	491	277
Homeownership rate	60.1%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Guilford
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	299 → 377 (+26.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$54,688 → $73,839 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$126,400 → $93,000 (-26.4%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	—

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

Guilford

Population

299377

Median household income

$54,688$73,839

Median home value

$126,400$93,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Guilford
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	19.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.1%
75 and over	7.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Guilford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Guilford
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	56.8%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Guilford
Drove alone	72.6%	86.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Guilford
1-unit, detached	58.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Guilford
Poverty rate	17.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1938	1944