Afton vs Kemmerer

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

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

Kemmerer has the higher population (2,788 vs 1,982 in Afton). Kemmerer has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $56,806 in Afton). Afton has the higher median home value ($311,200 vs $173,100 in Kemmerer).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Kemmerer
Population	1,982	2,788
Median age	44.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,806	$74,375
Median home value	$311,200	$173,100
Median gross rent	$738	$739
Housing units	989	1,406
Homeownership rate	59.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Kemmerer
Population	2,058 → 1,982 (-3.7%)	2,747 → 2,788 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$51,458 → $56,806 (+10.4%)	$63,000 → $74,375 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$229,500 → $311,200 (+35.6%)	$165,000 → $173,100 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $738 (-19.3%)	$809 → $739 (-8.7%)

Afton

Population

2,0581,982

Median household income

$51,458$56,806

Median home value

$229,500$311,200

Median gross rent

$915$738

Kemmerer

Population

2,7472,788

Median household income

$63,000$74,375

Median home value

$165,000$173,100

Median gross rent

$809$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Kemmerer
Under 5	9.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	5.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.3%
75 and over	11.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Kemmerer
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Kemmerer
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.7%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Kemmerer
Drove alone	85.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Kemmerer
1-unit, detached	60.7%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Kemmerer
Poverty rate	13.6%	17.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1973	1974