Auburn vs Rochester

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

Auburn and Rochester 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 3,784 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($112,689 vs $79,475 in Auburn). Rochester has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $145,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Rochester
Population	4,357	3,784
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$112,689
Median home value	$145,400	$241,900
Median gross rent	$911	$1,333
Housing units	1,653	1,447
Homeownership rate	84.9%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Rochester
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	3,801 → 3,784 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$96,111 → $112,689 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$193,600 → $241,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$1,085 → $1,333 (+22.9%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Rochester

Population

3,8013,784

Median household income

$96,111$112,689

Median home value

$193,600$241,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Rochester
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.2%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Rochester
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Rochester
Drove alone	88.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Rochester
1-unit, detached	88.0%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Rochester
Poverty rate	6.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1973	1985