Afton vs Schuyler

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

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

Schuyler has the higher population (250 vs 243 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($90,958 vs $23,542 in Schuyler). Since 2019, Schuyler's population has grown faster (+3.7% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Schuyler
Population	243	250
Median age	53.6 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,958	$23,542
Median home value	$323,600	—
Median gross rent	—	$771
Housing units	238	110
Homeownership rate	59.8%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	45.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Schuyler
Population	492 → 243 (-50.6%)	241 → 250 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$82,311 → $90,958 (+10.5%)	—
Median home value	$328,600 → $323,600 (-1.5%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,094 → $771 (-29.5%)

Afton

Population

492243

Median household income

$82,311$90,958

Median home value

$328,600$323,600

Schuyler

Population

241250

Median gross rent

$1,094$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Schuyler
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	29.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	7.0%	33.2%
65 to 74	36.6%	32.4%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Schuyler
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
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	Schuyler
No high school diploma	3.5%	50.2%
High school graduate	21.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Schuyler
Drove alone	58.3%	58.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	41.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Schuyler
1-unit, detached	92.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Schuyler
Poverty rate	14.4%	78.8%
Average household size	1.44	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1978	1938