Afton vs Arrington

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

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

Arrington has the higher population (1,084 vs 243 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($90,958 vs $47,000 in Arrington). Afton has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $144,300 in Arrington).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Arrington
Population	243	1,084
Median age	53.6 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,958	$47,000
Median home value	$323,600	$144,300
Housing units	238	298
Homeownership rate	59.8%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Arrington
Population	492 → 243 (-50.6%)	905 → 1,084 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$82,311 → $90,958 (+10.5%)	$57,663 → $47,000 (-18.5%)
Median home value	$328,600 → $323,600 (-1.5%)	$98,500 → $144,300 (+46.5%)

Afton

Population

492243

Median household income

$82,311$90,958

Median home value

$328,600$323,600

Arrington

Population

9051,084

Median household income

$57,663$47,000

Median home value

$98,500$144,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Arrington
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	29.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	6.2%
55 to 64	7.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	36.6%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Arrington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	57.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	21.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Arrington
No high school diploma	3.5%	18.6%
High school graduate	21.6%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Arrington
Drove alone	58.3%	51.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	46.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Arrington
1-unit, detached	92.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Arrington
Poverty rate	14.4%	23.9%
Average household size	1.44	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1978	1988