Auburndale vs Medulla

A side-by-side comparison of Auburndale and Medulla: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburndale and Medulla are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Auburndale has the higher population (17,438 vs 11,712 in Medulla). Medulla has the higher median household income ($72,604 vs $68,267 in Auburndale). Medulla has the higher median home value ($288,400 vs $272,700 in Auburndale).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Medulla
Population	17,438	11,712
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$72,604
Median home value	$272,700	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,227
Housing units	6,951	4,565
Homeownership rate	67.8%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Medulla
Population	15,799 → 17,438 (+10.4%)	10,275 → 11,712 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$54,066 → $68,267 (+26.3%)	$51,541 → $72,604 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $272,700 (+50.8%)	$180,900 → $288,400 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,127 (+26.9%)	$1,045 → $1,227 (+17.4%)

Auburndale

Population

15,79917,438

Median household income

$54,066$68,267

Median home value

$180,800$272,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,127

Medulla

Population

10,27511,712

Median household income

$51,541$72,604

Median home value

$180,900$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Medulla
Under 5	5.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.1%
75 and over	9.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Medulla
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	52.3%
Black or African American	14.8%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Medulla
No high school diploma	15.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Medulla
Drove alone	82.8%	74.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Medulla
1-unit, detached	74.2%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Medulla
Poverty rate	12.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1988	1996