Afton is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 313 people and two associated neighborhoods, Afton is the 365th largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns, Afton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Afton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Afton is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Afton who work in maintenance occupations (22.58%), sales jobs (18.89%), and healthcare (8.76%). A relatively large number of people in Afton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 26.27% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Afton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Afton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Afton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Afton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Afton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Afton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Afton may be for you. One downside of living in Afton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Afton, the average commute to work is 37.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Afton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Afton ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Afton, 41.13% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Afton in 2022 was $48,875, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $195,500 for a family of four. The people who call Afton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Afton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Afton include Italian, Irish, English, Welsh, and European. The most common language spoken in Afton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
