Afton vs Sherburne

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

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

Sherburne has the higher population (1,294 vs 1,086 in Afton). Sherburne has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $37,885 in Afton). Sherburne has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $112,500 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Sherburne
Population	1,086	1,294
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$46,667
Median home value	$112,500	$120,500
Median gross rent	$787	$741
Housing units	491	683
Homeownership rate	60.1%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Sherburne
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	1,251 → 1,294 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$37,566 → $46,667 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$116,500 → $120,500 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	$533 → $741 (+39.0%)

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

Sherburne

Population

1,2511,294

Median household income

$37,566$46,667

Median home value

$116,500$120,500

Median gross rent

$533$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Sherburne
Under 5	5.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.2%
75 and over	7.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Sherburne
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Sherburne
No high school diploma	5.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	56.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Sherburne
Drove alone	72.6%	67.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Sherburne
1-unit, detached	58.0%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	19.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Sherburne
Poverty rate	17.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938