About Auburn

Auburn is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 11,505 people and just one neighborhood, Auburn is the 81st largest community in Georgia.

When you are in Auburn, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.4% of Auburn's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Auburn is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Auburn who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.73%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (4.96%).

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.

One downside of living in Auburn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.58 minutes every day commuting to work.

Auburn is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Auburn isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.24% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Auburn Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Auburn is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.05% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Auburn in 2000 was $19,448, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,792 for a family of four. However, Auburn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Auburn include Irish, German, English, and Italian.

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