Auburn vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (51,629 vs 13,758 in Auburn). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($108,108 vs $77,760 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($642,400 vs $628,500 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Lincoln
Population	13,758	51,629
Median age	47.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,760	$108,108
Median home value	$642,400	$628,500
Median gross rent	$1,432	$2,081
Housing units	6,501	20,102
Homeownership rate	60.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Lincoln
Population	14,011 → 13,758 (-1.8%)	47,388 → 51,629 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$66,314 → $77,760 (+17.3%)	$88,734 → $108,108 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$447,600 → $642,400 (+43.5%)	$447,600 → $628,500 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,432 (+24.8%)	$1,819 → $2,081 (+14.4%)

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

Lincoln

Population

47,38851,629

Median household income

$88,734$108,108

Median home value

$447,600$628,500

Median gross rent

$1,819$2,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Lincoln
Under 5	3.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	17.2%	12.5%
75 and over	9.6%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Lincoln
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Lincoln
Drove alone	68.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	7.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.4%	18.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	67.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Lincoln
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1980	2004