Auburn

Population & Demographics

Auburn, WA

Auburn is home to 85,676 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 40,137 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
85,676
people
Population

85,676 residents

Median age 36.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Auburn population & demographics

Who lives in Auburn — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
85,676
Median age
36.0yrs
Median household income
$97,884
Median home value
$547,900
Median gross rent
$1,786/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.6%
Poverty rate
8.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Auburn

How Auburn breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White48.2%
Hispanic or Latino20.8%
Asian12.1%
Two or more races7.1%
Black6.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.6%
Some other race0.5%

Race across Auburn

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Auburn.

Auburn at a glance
Employed Residents
40,137
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Seattle
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Auburn proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Auburn commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

42
Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Auburn

40,137 commutes, one dot at a time

Auburn

Where 40,137 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Auburn, by worker count.

1Seattle23.0 mi6,559
2Auburn0.0 mi5,151
3Kent5.9 mi4,052
4Renton12.5 mi2,346
5Tacoma12.3 mi2,203
6Bellevue20.5 mi1,545
7SeaTac10.3 mi1,513
8Tukwila12.5 mi1,482

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Auburn.

1Auburn0.0 mi5,151
2Tacoma12.3 mi3,028
3Kent5.9 mi2,899
4Federal Way5.9 mi2,142
5Seattle23.0 mi1,566
6South Hill13.2 mi1,363
7Renton12.5 mi1,112
8Puyallup8.9 mi1,011

Top industries

The sectors that employ Auburn’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing17.4%
RTRetail Trade11.3%
COConstruction10.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing9.1%
EDEducational Services8.3%
WSWholesale Trade8.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Auburn

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps49%
8 Gbps47%
See all internet providers in Auburn

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