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Auburn, AL

82,030 Population
62.5 square miles 1,312.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 33.9 ±0.7
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,196 ±$3,180 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $33,982 ±$1,915
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$52,259 ±$10,017 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $57,580 ±$4,809
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

28.1% ±4.2% (21,243  ±3,197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 19.2% † 37,101 (±2.4% / ±4,670)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

19.3 minutes ±0.9 (623,215  ±40,028) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 22.5 1,837,885 (±0.7 / ±69,458)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

32,859 ±1,762 Number of households
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 81,935 ±1,922
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.3 ±0.1 (75,675  ±162) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 2.4 193,051 (±0.1 / ±2,088)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454

2.2% ±2% (600  ±547) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,552 (±2.1% / ±1,124)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

36,848 ±1,605 Number of housing units
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 91,863 ±957
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$365,500 ±$39,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $265,600 ±$14,296
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

19.4% ±3.6% (15,793  ±2,947.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 13.8% † 27,739 (±2.1% / ±4,206.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

97.1% ±6.2% (38,982  ±3,222.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 91.5% 114,134 (±4.1% / ±5,344.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
63.8% ±4.8% (25,639  ±2,369.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 39.7% 49,517 (±2.7% / ±3,393.8)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

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

9.9% ±2.3% (8,143  ±1,894) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 6.3% † 12,736 (±0.9% / ±1,867)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143

3.7% ±1.1% (2,408  ±701) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 6.9% † 11,022 (±1% / ±1,542)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
2,408 Total veterans ±701 1,979 Male ±617 429 Female ±290

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