Afton vs Shipman

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

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

Shipman has the higher population (489 vs 243 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($90,958 vs $45,982 in Shipman). Afton has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $237,900 in Shipman).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Shipman
Population	243	489
Median age	53.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,958	$45,982
Median home value	$323,600	$237,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,091
Housing units	238	335
Homeownership rate	59.8%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Shipman
Population	492 → 243 (-50.6%)	332 → 489 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$82,311 → $90,958 (+10.5%)	$18,102 → $45,982 (+154.0%)
Median home value	$328,600 → $323,600 (-1.5%)	$170,700 → $237,900 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$385 → $1,091 (+183.4%)

Afton

Population

492243

Median household income

$82,311$90,958

Median home value

$328,600$323,600

Shipman

Population

332489

Median household income

$18,102$45,982

Median home value

$170,700$237,900

Median gross rent

$385$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Shipman
Under 5	4.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	29.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	7.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	36.6%	12.9%
75 and over	0.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	62.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	35.0%
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%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Shipman
No high school diploma	3.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	21.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Shipman
Drove alone	58.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	11.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Shipman
1-unit, detached	92.9%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Shipman
Poverty rate	14.4%	21.3%
Average household size	1.44	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1978	1984