Afton vs Alpine

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

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

Afton has the higher population (1,982 vs 978 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $56,806 in Afton). Alpine has the higher median home value ($511,000 vs $311,200 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Alpine
Population	1,982	978
Median age	44.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,806	$100,625
Median home value	$311,200	$511,000
Median gross rent	$738	$1,213
Housing units	989	541
Homeownership rate	59.3%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Alpine
Population	2,058 → 1,982 (-3.7%)	639 → 978 (+53.1%)
Median household income	$51,458 → $56,806 (+10.4%)	$76,750 → $100,625 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$229,500 → $311,200 (+35.6%)	$300,600 → $511,000 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $738 (-19.3%)	$950 → $1,213 (+27.7%)

Afton

Population

2,0581,982

Median household income

$51,458$56,806

Median home value

$229,500$311,200

Median gross rent

$915$738

Alpine

Population

639978

Median household income

$76,750$100,625

Median home value

$300,600$511,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Alpine
Under 5	9.3%	14.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	5.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	19.3%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	21.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	2.7%
75 and over	11.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Alpine
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Alpine
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.7%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Alpine
Drove alone	85.3%	57.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	25.9%
Public transit	0.8%	2.4%
Walked	3.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	12.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Alpine
1-unit, detached	60.7%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	13.7%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Alpine
Poverty rate	13.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	13	41
Median year structure built	1973	1994