Auburn vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (113,714 vs 4,357 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median household income ($79,475 vs $65,537 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $145,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Springfield
Population	4,357	113,714
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$65,537
Median home value	$145,400	$155,200
Median gross rent	$911	$945
Housing units	1,653	57,220
Homeownership rate	84.9%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Springfield
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	115,888 → 113,714 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$54,648 → $65,537 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$133,400 → $155,200 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$805 → $945 (+17.4%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Springfield

Population

115,888113,714

Median household income

$54,648$65,537

Median home value

$133,400$155,200

Median gross rent

$805$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Springfield
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.4%
75 and over	5.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	69.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Springfield
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Springfield
Drove alone	88.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.4%
Public transit	2.3%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Springfield
1-unit, detached	88.0%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Springfield
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1973	1971