Afton vs Wintergreen

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

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

Wintergreen has the higher population (464 vs 243 in Afton). Wintergreen has the higher median household income ($115,795 vs $90,958 in Afton). Wintergreen has the higher median home value ($597,500 vs $323,600 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Wintergreen
Population	243	464
Median age	53.6 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,958	$115,795
Median home value	$323,600	$597,500
Housing units	238	2,197
Homeownership rate	59.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Wintergreen
Population	492 → 243 (-50.6%)	533 → 464 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$82,311 → $90,958 (+10.5%)	$107,196 → $115,795 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$328,600 → $323,600 (-1.5%)	$323,700 → $597,500 (+84.6%)

Afton

Population

492243

Median household income

$82,311$90,958

Median home value

$328,600$323,600

Wintergreen

Population

533464

Median household income

$107,196$115,795

Median home value

$323,700$597,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Wintergreen
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	1.5%
35 to 44	29.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	27.4%
55 to 64	7.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	36.6%	27.6%
75 and over	0.0%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Wintergreen
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Wintergreen
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	0.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	57.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Wintergreen
Drove alone	58.3%	27.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	33.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	37.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Wintergreen
1-unit, detached	92.9%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	38.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Wintergreen
Poverty rate	14.4%	11.6%
Average household size	1.44	1.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1978	1988