Auburn vs Rocklin

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

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

Rocklin has the higher population (72,340 vs 13,758 in Auburn). Rocklin has the higher median household income ($120,916 vs $77,760 in Auburn). Rocklin has the higher median home value ($673,300 vs $642,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Rocklin
Population	13,758	72,340
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,760	$120,916
Median home value	$642,400	$673,300
Median gross rent	$1,432	$2,178
Housing units	6,501	26,434
Homeownership rate	60.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Rocklin
Population	14,011 → 13,758 (-1.8%)	64,835 → 72,340 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$66,314 → $77,760 (+17.3%)	$98,566 → $120,916 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$447,600 → $642,400 (+43.5%)	$481,900 → $673,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,432 (+24.8%)	$1,675 → $2,178 (+30.0%)

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

Rocklin

Population

64,83572,340

Median household income

$98,566$120,916

Median home value

$481,900$673,300

Median gross rent

$1,675$2,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Rocklin
Under 5	3.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	17.2%	8.3%
75 and over	9.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Rocklin
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Rocklin
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Rocklin
Drove alone	68.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	7.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.4%	21.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Rocklin
1-unit, detached	67.9%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Rocklin
Poverty rate	12.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1980	1998