Auburn vs Jerome

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (4,357 vs 1,910 in Jerome). Auburn has the higher median household income ($79,475 vs $55,777 in Jerome). Auburn has the higher median home value ($145,400 vs $116,700 in Jerome).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Jerome
Population	4,357	1,910
Median age	36.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$55,777
Median home value	$145,400	$116,700
Median gross rent	$911	$954
Housing units	1,653	1,026
Homeownership rate	84.9%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Jerome
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	2,073 → 1,910 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$52,750 → $55,777 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$105,900 → $116,700 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$915 → $954 (+4.3%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Jerome

Population

2,0731,910

Median household income

$52,750$55,777

Median home value

$105,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$915$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Jerome
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	20.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Jerome
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Jerome
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Jerome
Drove alone	88.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Jerome
1-unit, detached	88.0%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Jerome
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.69	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1973	1959