Auburn vs Waterloo

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

Auburn and Waterloo 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 2,180 in Waterloo). Auburn has the higher median household income ($62,339 vs $61,375 in Waterloo). Auburn has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $108,600 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Waterloo
Population	13,464	2,180
Median age	35.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,339	$61,375
Median home value	$172,800	$108,600
Median gross rent	$831	$829
Housing units	5,822	963
Homeownership rate	74.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Waterloo
Population	13,056 → 13,464 (+3.1%)	2,221 → 2,180 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$50,180 → $62,339 (+24.2%)	$50,536 → $61,375 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)	$78,900 → $108,600 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $831 (+17.5%)	$665 → $829 (+24.7%)

Auburn

Population

13,05613,464

Median household income

$50,180$62,339

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$707$831

Waterloo

Population

2,2212,180

Median household income

$50,536$61,375

Median home value

$78,900$108,600

Median gross rent

$665$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Waterloo
Under 5	6.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.4%
75 and over	7.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Waterloo
No high school diploma	5.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Waterloo
Drove alone	80.7%	90.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	2.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	68.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Waterloo
Poverty rate	11.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1980	1964