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Afton town, Chenango County, NY

2,739 Population
46.1 square miles 59.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chenango County: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,253 ±$3,322 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chenango County: $32,986 ±$907
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$62,500 ±$13,098 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chenango County: $62,093 ±$2,189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

10.2% ±5% (278  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chenango County: 12.2% † 5,597 (±1.3% / ±585)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.6 minutes ±1.7 (23,540  ±3,847) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chenango County: 22.7 430,145 (±0.9 / ±21,374)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,236 ±120 Number of households
  • Chenango County: 19,800 ±340
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (2,735  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chenango County: 2.3 45,979 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,599 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Chenango County: 24,460 ±65
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$116,900 ±$17,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chenango County: $128,100 ±$6,397
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.2% ±5.4% (333  ±146.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Chenango County: 11.7% † 5,384 (±1.6% / ±742)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.8% ±8.9% (1,907  ±230.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chenango County: 88.7% 29,957 (±2.5% / ±836.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
12.9% ±3.7% (271  ±79.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chenango County: 19.2% 6,475 (±1.3% / ±440.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±1.2% (66  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chenango County: 2.2% 1,003
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.2% ±3.1% (164  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chenango County: 7.7% 2,853 (±0.8% / ±276)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
164 Total veterans ±70 158 Male ±69 6 Female ±9

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