Afton vs New Berlin

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

Afton and New Berlin 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 947 in New Berlin). New Berlin has the higher median household income ($55,156 vs $37,885 in Afton). Afton has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $105,200 in New Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	New Berlin
Population	1,086	947
Median age	43.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$55,156
Median home value	$112,500	$105,200
Median gross rent	$787	—
Housing units	491	508
Homeownership rate	60.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	New Berlin
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	965 → 947 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$55,833 → $55,156 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$82,800 → $105,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	$646 → $295 (-54.3%)

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

New Berlin

Population

965947

Median household income

$55,833$55,156

Median home value

$82,800$105,200

Median gross rent

$646$295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	New Berlin
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.4%
75 and over	7.8%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	New Berlin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	New Berlin
No high school diploma	5.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	56.8%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	New Berlin
Drove alone	72.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	New Berlin
1-unit, detached	58.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Afton	New Berlin
Poverty rate	17.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938