Auburn vs Waverly

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

Auburn and Waverly 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 312 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $56,123 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $324,000 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Waverly
Population	78,738	312
Median age	25.6 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,123	$79,375
Median home value	$342,400	$324,000
Median gross rent	$1,034	—
Housing units	34,548	149
Homeownership rate	52.0%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Waverly
Population	64,054 → 78,738 (+22.9%)	179 → 312 (+74.3%)
Median household income	$47,318 → $56,123 (+18.6%)	$61,250 → $79,375 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$266,200 → $342,400 (+28.6%)	$159,100 → $324,000 (+103.6%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $1,034 (+17.0%)	$829 → $800 (-3.5%)

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

Waverly

Population

179312

Median household income

$61,250$79,375

Median home value

$159,100$324,000

Median gross rent

$829$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Waverly
Under 5	4.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	29.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	2.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	5.1%	28.8%
75 and over	3.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	18.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Waverly
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.1%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Waverly
Drove alone	76.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.1%	4.7%
Walked	5.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Waverly
1-unit, detached	47.9%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Waverly
Poverty rate	26.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	2000	1983