Auburn vs Meadow Vista

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

Auburn and Meadow Vista 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 3,343 in Meadow Vista). Meadow Vista has the higher median household income ($95,998 vs $77,760 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($642,400 vs $609,700 in Meadow Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
Population	13,758	3,343
Median age	47.0 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,760	$95,998
Median home value	$642,400	$609,700
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,496
Housing units	6,501	1,416
Homeownership rate	60.2%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
Population	14,011 → 13,758 (-1.8%)	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$66,314 → $77,760 (+17.3%)	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$447,600 → $642,400 (+43.5%)	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,432 (+24.8%)	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)

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

Meadow Vista

Population

3,6793,343

Median household income

$92,411$95,998

Median home value

$503,400$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
Under 5	3.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	17.2%	20.4%
75 and over	9.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
Drove alone	68.6%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	18.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
1-unit, detached	67.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Meadow Vista
Poverty rate	12.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1980	1978