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Auburn, AL

83,761 Population
62.5 square miles 1,340.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$35,447 ±$3,902 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $37,038 ±$2,219
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
$69,615 ±$7,741 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $68,336 ±$3,984
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780

23.2% ±4.8% (17,897  ±3,736) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 18.9% † 36,864 (±2.5% / ±4,943)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)

19.9 minutes ±1.2 (662,370  ±46,749) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 22.4 1,857,470 (±0.6 / ±67,389)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

30,006 ±2,106 Number of households
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 79,837 ±2,294
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
2.6 ±0.2 (77,052  ±441) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 2.5 195,205 (±0.1 / ±2,012)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179

2.3% ±1.8% (660  ±521) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 3.7% † 2,033 (±1.7% / ±913)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)

Housing

36,889 ±1,964 Number of housing units
  • the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 93,412 ±895
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264

$392,900 ±$27,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: $288,600 ±$20,430
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461

17.7% ±3.3% (14,758  ±2,773.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 11.5% † 23,412 (±1.9% / ±3,830.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)

Social

96.5% ±6.3% (39,512  ±3,441.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 92.2% 118,001 (±4.2% / ±5,567.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
67.8% ±5.6% (27,755  ±2,813.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 43.1% 55,219 (±3% / ±3,840.1)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)

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

14.4% ±2.7% (12,065  ±2,291) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 8.2% † 16,908 (±1.1% / ±2,240)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850

3.2% ±1.4% (2,133  ±902) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area: 7.3% † 11,996 (±0.9% / ±1,500)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
2,133 Total veterans ±902 2,098 Male ±893 35 Female ±60

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