Afton vs Smyrna

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

Afton and Smyrna 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 163 in Smyrna). Afton has the higher median household income ($37,885 vs $29,732 in Smyrna). Afton has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $86,000 in Smyrna).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Smyrna
Population	1,086	163
Median age	43.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,885	$29,732
Median home value	$112,500	$86,000
Median gross rent	$787	$1,125
Housing units	491	80
Homeownership rate	60.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Smyrna
Population	933 → 1,086 (+16.4%)	199 → 163 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,885 (-22.3%)	$30,000 → $29,732 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$61,100 → $86,000 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $787 (+30.3%)	$663 → $1,125 (+69.7%)

Afton

Population

9331,086

Median household income

$48,750$37,885

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$604$787

Smyrna

Population

199163

Median household income

$30,000$29,732

Median home value

$61,100$86,000

Median gross rent

$663$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Smyrna
Under 5	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	19.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.6%
75 and over	7.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	88.3%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Smyrna
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	56.8%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Smyrna
Drove alone	72.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	16.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	58.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Smyrna
Poverty rate	17.9%	22.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938