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Population (year 2000): 1,818. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,831 (+0.7% change)
Males: 863 (47.5%), Females: 955 (52.5%)
Lincoln County
Zip code:
83110
Median resident age: 32.5 years
Median household income: $37,292 (year 2000)
Median house value: $97,800 (year 2000)
Races in Afton:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Other race (0.9%)
Ancestries: English (32.3%), German (11.7%),
United States (10.7%), Danish (6.1%), Irish (5.9%), Scottish
(4.3%).
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Afton
- High school or higher: 85.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.9%
- Unemployed: 2.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Afton town
- Never married: 20.5%
- Now married: 63.8%
- Separated: 0.4%
- Widowed: 6.3%
- Divorced: 9.1%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +122 (+7.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Afton:
- STAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (110 HOSPITAL LANE
PO BOX 579)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Afton:
- BEAR LAKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 39 miles;
MONTPELIER, ID)
- CARIBOU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 45 miles; SODA
SPRINGS, ID)
- ST JOHNS HOSPITAL (about 53 miles; JACKSON, WY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Afton:
- JACKSON HOLE (about 62 miles; JACKSON, WY; ID: JAC)
- IDAHO FALLS RGNL (about 95 miles; IDAHO FALLS, ID;
ID: IDA)
- POCATELLO REGIONAL (about 116 miles; POCATELLO, ID;
ID: PIH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Afton:
- AFTON MUNI (about 2 miles; AFTON, WY; ID: AFO)
- ALPINE (about 33 miles; ALPINE, WY; ID: 46U)
- BEAR LAKE COUNTY (about 45 miles; PARIS, ID; ID:
1U7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Afton:
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 90 miles; REXBURG, ID;
Full-time enrollment: 8,670)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 96 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 101 miles; LOGAN, UT;
FT enrollment: 16,384)
- WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 127 miles; OGDEN, UT;
FT enrollment: 12,112)
- UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 149 miles; SALT LAKE CITY,
UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)
- SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 157 miles; SALT
LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 11,896)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 158 miles;
SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
Public high schools in Afton:
- STAR VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 724;
Location: 445 W. SWIFT CREEK LANE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SWIFT CREEK LEARNING CENTER (Students: 17;
Location: 222 EAST 4TH AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Afton:
- AFTON ELEMENTARY (Students: 368; Location:
175 EAST 4TH AVENUE; Grades: KG - 03)
- STAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 360;
Location: 505 KENNINGTON BURTON LANE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- OSMOND ELEMENTARY (Students: 313; Location:
3120 STATE HIGHWAY 241; Grades: 04 - 06)
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