Ashley vs Auburn

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

Ashley 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 1,174 in Ashley). Auburn has the higher median household income ($62,339 vs $56,667 in Ashley). Auburn has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $117,600 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Auburn
Population	1,174	13,464
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$62,339
Median home value	$117,600	$172,800
Median gross rent	$711	$831
Housing units	540	5,822
Homeownership rate	66.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Auburn
Population	993 → 1,174 (+18.2%)	13,056 → 13,464 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$45,813 → $56,667 (+23.7%)	$50,180 → $62,339 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $117,600 (+40.8%)	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $711 (+43.1%)	$707 → $831 (+17.5%)

Ashley

Population

9931,174

Median household income

$45,813$56,667

Median home value

$83,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$497$711

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)

	Ashley	Auburn
Under 5	6.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.9%
75 and over	3.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	8.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Auburn
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	50.9%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Auburn
Drove alone	82.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Auburn
1-unit, detached	73.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.4%
20 or more units	9.1%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Auburn
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1972	1980