Auburn is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 42,896 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Auburn is the 9th largest community in Alabama.

Auburn is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Auburn is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Auburn who work in teaching (15.26%), office and administrative support jobs (12.93%), and sales jobs (12.40%).

Also of interest is that Auburn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Auburn is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Auburn culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Auburn really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Auburn every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Auburn. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Auburn benefits directly from this.

One of the benefits of Auburn is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.17 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Auburn is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Auburn Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Auburn is a pretty powerful place. 55.96% of the adults in Auburn have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Auburn in 2000 was $16,431, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $65,724 for a family of four.

Auburn is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Auburn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Auburn is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Auburn include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Italian, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Auburn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.