Auburn vs Schaller

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

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

Schaller has the higher population (817 vs 172 in Auburn). Schaller has the higher median household income ($65,909 vs $57,500 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $73,700 in Schaller).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Schaller
Population	172	817
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$65,909
Median home value	$93,300	$73,700
Median gross rent	$688	$907
Housing units	95	359
Homeownership rate	67.5%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Schaller
Population	202 → 172 (-14.9%)	720 → 817 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $57,500 (+26.4%)	$49,688 → $65,909 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $93,300 (+40.3%)	$72,100 → $73,700 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $688 (+17.4%)	$560 → $907 (+62.0%)

Auburn

Population

202172

Median household income

$45,500$57,500

Median home value

$66,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$586$688

Schaller

Population

720817

Median household income

$49,688$65,909

Median home value

$72,100$73,700

Median gross rent

$560$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Schaller
Under 5	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	23.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.2%
75 and over	10.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Schaller
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	67.3%
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%	5.4%
Some other race	0.0%	4.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Schaller
No high school diploma	11.6%	20.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Schaller
Drove alone	74.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	5.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Schaller
1-unit, detached	84.2%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Schaller
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1945	1950