Auburn

Population & Demographics

Auburn, ME

Auburn is home to 24,602 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 11,249 resident workers commute each day.

MaineCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
24,602
people
Population

24,602 residents

Median age 41.4 · 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
24,602
Median age
41.4yrs
Median household income
$66,647
Median home value
$282,000
Median gross rent
$1,041/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.9%
Poverty rate
13.8%

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).

White89.1%
Black3.5%
Two or more races3.0%
Hispanic or Latino3.0%
Asian1.2%
Some other race0.2%

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
11,249
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
26.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Lewiston
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.

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Commute Score

68 / 100

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

Auburn

11,249 commutes, one dot at a time

Auburn

Where 11,249 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Auburn0.0 mi3,001
2Lewiston2.6 mi2,657
3Portland28.8 mi749
4Augusta28.8 mi339
5South Portland31.4 mi278
6Westbrook28.3 mi191
7Bath24.1 mi189
8Brunswick19.1 mi167

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Auburn.

1Auburn0.0 mi3,001
2Lewiston2.6 mi2,919
3Portland28.8 mi239
4Mechanic Falls7.5 mi229
5Augusta28.8 mi186
6Biddeford43.3 mi153
7Lisbon8.0 mi147
8Sanford52.0 mi141

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%)
RTRetail Trade19.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.8%
MFManufacturing10.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.1%
EDEducational Services7.7%
COConstruction6.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.1%
WSWholesale Trade4.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Auburn

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

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

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).