Auburn

Population & Demographics

Auburn, AL

Auburn is home to 80,594 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 26,535 resident workers commute each day.

AlabamaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
80,594
people
Population

80,594 residents

Median age 25.9 · 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
80,594
Median age
25.9yrs
Median household income
$63,668
Median home value
$364,800
Median gross rent
$1,098/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
64.1%
Poverty rate
25.4%

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).

White65.7%
Black17.0%
Asian8.5%
Hispanic or Latino5.4%
Two or more races2.7%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

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
26,535
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
43.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Opelika
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.

74
Commute Score

74 / 100

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

Auburn

26,535 commutes, one dot at a time

Auburn

Where 26,535 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Auburn0.0 mi11,601
2Opelika6.6 mi4,871
3Montgomery48.9 mi1,329
4Columbus33.1 mi652
5Tuskegee17.4 mi375
6Birmingham100.0 mi336
7Phenix City28.6 mi249
8Dothan94.8 mi223

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Auburn.

1Auburn0.0 mi11,601
2Opelika6.6 mi3,605
3Montgomery48.9 mi723
4Phenix City28.6 mi442
5Tuskegee17.4 mi429
6Valley22.8 mi350
7Columbus33.1 mi279
8Alexander City35.0 mi250

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%)
EDEducational Services21.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services17.4%
RTRetail Trade11.8%
MFManufacturing11.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.8%
COConstruction5.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.0%
FIFinance and Insurance2.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Auburn

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

10 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps84%
5 Gbps84%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Auburn

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