Afton vs Norwich

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

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

Norwich has the higher population (6,880 vs 1,086 in Afton). Norwich has the higher median household income ($51,713 vs $37,885 in Afton). Norwich has the higher median home value ($123,100 vs $112,500 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Norwich
Population	1,086	6,880
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$51,713
Median home value	$112,500	$123,100
Median gross rent	$787	$842
Housing units	491	3,335
Homeownership rate	60.1%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Norwich
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	6,718 → 6,880 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$39,047 → $51,713 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$93,800 → $123,100 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	$707 → $842 (+19.1%)

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

Norwich

Population

6,7186,880

Median household income

$39,047$51,713

Median home value

$93,800$123,100

Median gross rent

$707$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Norwich
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.2%
75 and over	7.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Norwich
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Norwich
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	56.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Norwich
Drove alone	72.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	16.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Norwich
1-unit, detached	58.0%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	29.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Norwich
Poverty rate	17.9%	19.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1938	1944