Boston vs Mount Auburn

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

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

Boston has the higher population (262 vs 101 in Mount Auburn). Mount Auburn has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $67,734 in Boston). Mount Auburn has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $75,000 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Mount Auburn
Population	262	101
Median age	33.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$69,167
Median home value	$75,000	$134,400
Median gross rent	$942	$540
Housing units	100	44
Homeownership rate	50.5%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Mount Auburn
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	103 → 101 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$55,000 → $69,167 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$80,000 → $134,400 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	$481 → $540 (+12.3%)

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

Mount Auburn

Population

103101

Median household income

$55,000$69,167

Median home value

$80,000$134,400

Median gross rent

$481$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Mount Auburn
Under 5	8.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	2.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	20.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.9%
75 and over	0.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Mount Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Mount Auburn
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	40.1%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Mount Auburn
Drove alone	80.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	24.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Mount Auburn
1-unit, detached	93.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Mount Auburn
Poverty rate	34.3%	13.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1941	1962