Auburn vs Kings Beach

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

Auburn and Kings Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Auburn has the higher population (13,758 vs 2,493 in Kings Beach). Auburn has the higher median household income ($77,760 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Kings Beach has the higher median home value ($680,200 vs $642,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Kings Beach
Population	13,758	2,493
Median age	47.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,760	$53,964
Median home value	$642,400	$680,200
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,245
Housing units	6,501	2,236
Homeownership rate	60.2%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Kings Beach
Population	14,011 → 13,758 (-1.8%)	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$66,314 → $77,760 (+17.3%)	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$447,600 → $642,400 (+43.5%)	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,432 (+24.8%)	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)

Auburn

Population

14,01113,758

Median household income

$66,314$77,760

Median home value

$447,600$642,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,432

Kings Beach

Population

3,0442,493

Median household income

$49,485$53,964

Median home value

$471,000$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Kings Beach
Under 5	3.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	21.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.2%	11.4%
75 and over	9.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Kings Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	49.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Kings Beach
No high school diploma	7.4%	25.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Kings Beach
Drove alone	68.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	18.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	3.7%
Other means	1.3%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Kings Beach
1-unit, detached	67.9%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Kings Beach
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1980	1974