Auburn is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 9,688 people and five associated neighborhoods, Auburn is the 119th largest community in Georgia.

A relatively large number of people in Auburn telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.25% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Auburn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.66 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Auburn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Auburn are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.20% of adults in Auburn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Auburn in 2022 was $28,119, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,476 for a family of four. However, Auburn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Auburn is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Auburn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Auburn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Auburn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Auburn include English, Irish, German, European, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Auburn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.