Demographics of Auburn city, California

Auburn city, California had 13,847 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +65 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Auburn city, in four figures

13,847
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 13,768 ±35.; +0.5%
Change since July 2020: +65 people.; 47.5 ±4.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $82,674 ±$8,466
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Auburn city, California's population grew 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Auburn city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Auburn city, California's population grew 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Auburn city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	13,782	100.0	100.0
2021	13,817	100.3	100.2
2022	13,739	99.7	100.7
2023	13,709	99.5	101.6
2024	13,786	100.0	102.5
2025	13,847	100.5	103.1

Population of Auburn city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	13,782	—
2021	13,817	+35
2022	13,739	−78
2023	13,709	−30
2024	13,786	+77
2025	13,847	+61

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.5 ±4.0: for men 47.0 ±3.6 and for women 48.5 ±5.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Auburn city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	571 ±188	4.1% ±1.4	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,771 ±329	12.9% ±2.4	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,009 ±245	7.3% ±1.8	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,159 ±423	22.9% ±3.1	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,546 ±448	25.8% ±3.3	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,712 ±387	27.0% ±2.8	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $82,674 ±$8,466, and income per person $53,951 ±$6,439, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Auburn city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	924 ±251	15.3% ±4.1	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	994 ±230	16.4% ±3.7	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	910 ±224	15.0% ±3.6	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	598 ±154	9.9% ±2.5	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,110 ±255	18.3% ±4.1	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	599 ±137	9.9% ±2.2	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	920 ±171	15.2% ±2.7	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Auburn city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	1,751 ±450	13.0% ±3.3	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	73 to 369	3.5% to 15.8%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	926 ±255	14.3% ±3.8	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	604 ±215	12.8% ±4.4	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Auburn city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Auburn city	California	United States
Housing units	6,446 ±335	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.9% ±6.8	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.1% ±2.3	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	62.4% ±4.4	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	37.6% ±4.2	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$672,500 ±$28,639	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,501 ±$129	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±3	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Auburn city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,602 ±414	11.6% ±3.0	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,440 ±668	75.8% ±4.8	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2 to 160	< 0.1% to 1.2%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	278 ±113	2.0% ±0.8	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 113	0% to 0.8%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 40	0% to 0.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,288 ±570	9.4% ±4.1	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Auburn city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	9,404 ±509	68.3% ±3.7	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,199 ±493	23.2% ±3.6	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	59 to 221	0.4% to 1.6%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,025 ±249	7.4% ±1.8	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	466 ±179	3.4% ±1.3	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	559 ±218	4.1% ±1.6	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Auburn city among the places of California

419th of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Auburn city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Cherryland CDP	14,143 ±1,273
Grass Valley city	14,113 ±25
Mill Valley city	14,012 ±26
Isla Vista CDP	13,920 ±1,069
Salida CDP	13,900 ±1,379
Auburn city	13,768 ±35
Oak Park CDP	13,757 ±1,242
Hawaiian Gardens city	13,691 ±26
Avenal city	13,608 ±31
King City city	13,604 ±30
North Auburn CDP	13,480 ±1,134

Rankings this appears in

No. 16 Places in California by median age
No. 54 Places in California by poverty rate
No. 141 Places in California by per capita income
No. 192 Places in California by homeownership rate
No. 243 Places in California by median home value
No. 293 Places in California by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026