What is the population of Auburn city?

Auburn city has 26,475 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Auburn city?

Median household income in Auburn city is $49,377 a year, 37.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Auburn city?

Median gross rent is $867 a month and the median home value is $143,600, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Auburn city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Auburn city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Auburn, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Auburn, New York (Auburn, NY — Census place “Auburn city”) is 26,475 residents, ranking #59 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $49,377, the median home is worth $143,600 and median gross rent runs $867 a month. Looking for the Auburn New York ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Auburn, NY: 13021, 13024.

Population: 26,475Auburn city residents
Median household income: $49,377Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $143,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $867Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.5%Owner-occupied households

Auburn ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Auburn.

The Auburn NY ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Auburn city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Auburn city median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20% of residents and 49.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Auburn city, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Auburn city is a small city in New York, with 26,475 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 40 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Auburn city earn a median of $49,377 a year, 37.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 46% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 20% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Auburn city is valued at $143,600, 52.7% below the national figure and 55% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $867 a month, 38.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,404 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 49.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Auburn city?: Auburn city has 26,475 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Auburn city?: Median household income in Auburn city is $49,377 a year, 37.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Auburn city?: Median gross rent is $867 a month and the median home value is $143,600, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Auburn city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Auburn city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Auburn city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.