Altona vs Auburn

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (13,464 vs 447 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($64,232 vs $62,339 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $111,800 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Auburn
Population	447	13,464
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,232	$62,339
Median home value	$111,800	$172,800
Median gross rent	$1,075	$831
Housing units	155	5,822
Homeownership rate	90.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Auburn
Population	358 → 447 (+24.9%)	13,056 → 13,464 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $64,232 (+22.3%)	$50,180 → $62,339 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $111,800 (+41.9%)	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,075 (+15.3%)	$707 → $831 (+17.5%)

Altona

Population

358447

Median household income

$52,500$64,232

Median home value

$78,800$111,800

Median gross rent

$932$1,075

Auburn

Population

13,05613,464

Median household income

$50,180$62,339

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$707$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Auburn
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	30.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	3.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	8.9%
75 and over	3.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Auburn
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	68.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Auburn
Drove alone	86.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	13.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	2.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Auburn
1-unit, detached	91.6%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Auburn
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1938	1980