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Afton town, Chenango County, NY

2,733 Population
46.1 square miles 59.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chenango County: 45 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,178 ±$3,300 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chenango County: $33,901 ±$1,056
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,736 ±$13,469 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chenango County: $62,948 ±$2,655
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±4.1% (328  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Chenango County: 11.8% 5,368 (±1.2% / ±525)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±2.3 (24,365  ±4,535) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Chenango County: 22.8 421,640 (±1 / ±24,721)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,305 ±118 Number of households
  • Chenango County: 19,890 ±381
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (2,726  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chenango County: 2.3 45,528 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±5.5% (22  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chenango County: 6.4% † 577 (±1.8% / ±162)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,639 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Chenango County: 24,586 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,700 ±$23,142 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chenango County: $137,900 ±$8,613
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±5.4% (311  ±145.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Chenango County: 12% † 5,527 (±1.6% / ±740.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±9.4% (1,876  ±213.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chenango County: 89.8% 30,163 (±2.7% / ±902.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.6% ±3.6% (236  ±73.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chenango County: 19.6% 6,571 (±1.4% / ±458.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±1.3% (62  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chenango County: 2.5% 1,148
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2.9% (161  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Chenango County: 7.7% 2,827 (±0.7% / ±253)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
161 Total veterans ±65 155 Male ±63 6 Female ±9

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