Auburn vs Wall Lake

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

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

Wall Lake has the higher population (641 vs 172 in Auburn). Wall Lake has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $57,500 in Auburn). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $93,300 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Wall Lake
Population	172	641
Median age	36.2 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$59,306
Median home value	$93,300	$116,500
Median gross rent	$688	$632
Housing units	95	313
Homeownership rate	67.5%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Wall Lake
Population	202 → 172 (-14.9%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $57,500 (+26.4%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $93,300 (+40.3%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $688 (+17.4%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

Auburn

Population

202172

Median household income

$45,500$57,500

Median home value

$66,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$586$688

Wall Lake

Population

731641

Median household income

$56,458$59,306

Median home value

$87,100$116,500

Median gross rent

$500$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Wall Lake
Under 5	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	23.3%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	5.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	18.4%
75 and over	10.5%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	95.0%
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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Wall Lake
Drove alone	74.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	5.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	84.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1945	1962