Afton vs Star Valley Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Afton and Star Valley Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Star Valley Ranch has the higher population (2,107 vs 1,982 in Afton). Star Valley Ranch has the higher median household income ($96,218 vs $56,806 in Afton). Star Valley Ranch has the higher median home value ($471,000 vs $311,200 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
Population	1,982	2,107
Median age	44.1 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,806	$96,218
Median home value	$311,200	$471,000
Median gross rent	$738	$1,646
Housing units	989	1,212
Homeownership rate	59.3%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
Population	2,058 → 1,982 (-3.7%)	1,961 → 2,107 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$51,458 → $56,806 (+10.4%)	$77,944 → $96,218 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$229,500 → $311,200 (+35.6%)	$293,800 → $471,000 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $738 (-19.3%)	$1,300 → $1,646 (+26.6%)

Afton

Population

2,0581,982

Median household income

$51,458$56,806

Median home value

$229,500$311,200

Median gross rent

$915$738

Star Valley Ranch

Population

1,9612,107

Median household income

$77,944$96,218

Median home value

$293,800$471,000

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
Under 5	9.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	21.1%
75 and over	11.8%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.7%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
Drove alone	85.3%	57.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	17.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	24.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
1-unit, detached	60.7%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Star Valley Ranch
Poverty rate	13.6%	0.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	13	42
Median year structure built	1973	1998