Afton vs Smithville Flats

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

Afton and Smithville Flats 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 330 in Smithville Flats). Smithville Flats has the higher median household income ($54,531 vs $37,885 in Afton). Afton has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $93,800 in Smithville Flats).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Smithville Flats
Population	1,086	330
Median age	43.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$54,531
Median home value	$112,500	$93,800
Median gross rent	$787	$1,063
Housing units	491	177
Homeownership rate	60.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Smithville Flats
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	377 → 330 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$42,019 → $54,531 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$84,700 → $93,800 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	$694 → $1,063 (+53.2%)

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

Smithville Flats

Population

377330

Median household income

$42,019$54,531

Median home value

$84,700$93,800

Median gross rent

$694$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Smithville Flats
Under 5	5.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.3%
75 and over	7.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Smithville Flats
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
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%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Smithville Flats
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	56.8%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Smithville Flats
Drove alone	72.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	16.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Smithville Flats
1-unit, detached	58.0%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Smithville Flats
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.44	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1938	1968