Auburn vs Pawnee

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

Auburn and Pawnee 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 2,706 in Pawnee). Auburn has the higher median household income ($79,475 vs $77,977 in Pawnee). Pawnee has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $145,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Pawnee
Population	4,357	2,706
Median age	36.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$77,977
Median home value	$145,400	$151,100
Median gross rent	$911	$852
Housing units	1,653	1,281
Homeownership rate	84.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Pawnee
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	2,594 → 2,706 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$71,313 → $77,977 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$127,000 → $151,100 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$908 → $852 (-6.2%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Pawnee

Population

2,5942,706

Median household income

$71,313$77,977

Median home value

$127,000$151,100

Median gross rent

$908$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Pawnee
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	19.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.0%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Pawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Pawnee
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	39.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Pawnee
Drove alone	88.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Pawnee
1-unit, detached	88.0%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Pawnee
Poverty rate	6.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1973	1972