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Auburn Hills, MI
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Auburn Hills profile


Living in Auburn Hills


Auburn Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 26,047 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Auburn Hills is the 61st largest community in Michigan.

Auburn Hills real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Auburn Hills house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.59% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Auburn Hills, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

Auburn Hills is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Auburn Hills ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Auburn Hills, 49.59% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Auburn Hills in 2022 was $49,513, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $198,052 for a family of four. However, Auburn Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Auburn Hills is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Auburn Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Auburn Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Auburn Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Auburn Hills include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.

Auburn Hills also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.54%.

The most common language spoken in Auburn Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.