Auburn vs Smiths Station

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn and Smiths Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburn and Smiths Station are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Auburn has the higher population (78,738 vs 5,443 in Smiths Station). Smiths Station has the higher median household income ($57,410 vs $56,123 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $184,400 in Smiths Station).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Smiths Station
Population	78,738	5,443
Median age	25.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,123	$57,410
Median home value	$342,400	$184,400
Median gross rent	$1,034	$946
Housing units	34,548	1,861
Homeownership rate	52.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Smiths Station
Population	64,054 → 78,738 (+22.9%)	5,364 → 5,443 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$47,318 → $56,123 (+18.6%)	$51,235 → $57,410 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$266,200 → $342,400 (+28.6%)	$151,200 → $184,400 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $1,034 (+17.0%)	$899 → $946 (+5.2%)

Auburn

Population

64,05478,738

Median household income

$47,318$56,123

Median home value

$266,200$342,400

Median gross rent

$884$1,034

Smiths Station

Population

5,3645,443

Median household income

$51,235$57,410

Median home value

$151,200$184,400

Median gross rent

$899$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Smiths Station
Under 5	4.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.5%
18 to 24	29.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.2%
75 and over	3.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Smiths Station
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	60.0%
Black or African American	18.6%	31.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	8.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Smiths Station
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	13.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Smiths Station
Drove alone	76.5%	84.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.1%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Smiths Station
1-unit, detached	47.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Smiths Station
Poverty rate	26.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.44	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	2000	1991