Wyoming · Census place 5600245

Afton, Wyoming

Afton is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming with an estimated 2,280 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,280
#28 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
+5.0%
+108 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
511 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Afton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Afton population, 2020 to 2024

Afton added 108 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

2,17220202,22620212,26520222,27220232,2802024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,167. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Afton covers 4.46 square miles of land, for 511 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Afton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Afton is in

All of Afton's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 21,000 residents in 2024. Afton holds 10.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Afton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Afton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 83110. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Afton is

The Census internal point of Afton is at 42.726300, -110.932000. Cheyenne, the capital, is 332.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montpelier, ID (2,696 people), 33.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 144.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.726300, -110.932000
DMS
42°43'34.68"N 110°55'55.20"W
UTM
12N 505567.1E 4730423.8N
Geohash
9x955djf9
Plus code
85JFP3G9+G5

Daylight in Afton

At 42.73° N, Afton gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Afton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Star Valley Ranch, 17.6 miles away, with 2,041 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Afton, WY?

2,280 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 108 (5.0%) from 2,172 in July 2020.

What county is Afton in?

Lincoln County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Afton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83110.

How far is Afton from Cheyenne?

332.6 miles (535.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Afton.

What is the nearest larger city to Afton?

Montpelier, ID, with 2,696 residents, 33.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.