In Auburn, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Auburn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Auburn is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.78% of adults 25 and older in Auburn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Auburn in 2022 was $30,424, 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 $121,696 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 18.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Auburn include English, Irish, German, Ghanian, and European.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Auburn's cultural character, accounting for 15.04% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Auburn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
