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Auburn town, Worcester County, MA

16,826 Population
15.5 square miles 1,086.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$44,491 ±$2,441 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $41,528 ±$473
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$94,063 ±$6,827 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $81,660 ±$987
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

3.9% ±1.6% (649  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 9.8% 81,333 (±0.5% / ±3,784)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

27.8 minutes ±1.8 (208,555  ±18,485) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 11,348,220 (±0.3 / ±164,636)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

6,595 ±237 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 326,571 ±1,393
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.5 ±0.1 (16,675  ±59) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 827,691 (±0 / ±1,379)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

2.1% ±1.2% (78  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% 10,392 (±0.4% / ±844)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

6,878 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 349,131 ±525
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$295,100 ±$9,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $314,900 ±$2,858
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

4.8% ±1.6% (797  ±275.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 92,756 (±0.4% / ±3,464.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

93.7% ±4.4% (11,450  ±616.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 91.6% 544,025 (±0.9% / ±5,094.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
42.1% ±3.1% (5,146  ±400.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 38.1% 226,111 (±0.6% / ±3,308.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±1.5% (1,125  ±247) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 13% 111,477 (±0.3% / ±2,751)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

8.3% ±1.4% (1,088  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 5.9% 40,119 (±0.2% / ±1,231)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
1,088 Total veterans ±190 1,028 Male ±193 60 Female ±38

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