Auburn vs Garrett

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

Auburn and Garrett 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 6,540 in Garrett). Garrett has the higher median household income ($65,611 vs $62,339 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $142,800 in Garrett).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Garrett
Population	13,464	6,540
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,339	$65,611
Median home value	$172,800	$142,800
Median gross rent	$831	$836
Housing units	5,822	2,911
Homeownership rate	74.6%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Garrett
Population	13,056 → 13,464 (+3.1%)	6,651 → 6,540 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$50,180 → $62,339 (+24.2%)	$46,540 → $65,611 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)	$98,000 → $142,800 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $831 (+17.5%)	$680 → $836 (+22.9%)

Auburn

Population

13,05613,464

Median household income

$50,180$62,339

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$707$831

Garrett

Population

6,6516,540

Median household income

$46,540$65,611

Median home value

$98,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$680$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Garrett
Under 5	6.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.4%
75 and over	7.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Garrett
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Garrett
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Garrett
Drove alone	80.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Garrett
1-unit, detached	68.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Garrett
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1980	1972