Auburn vs Rossville

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (1,185 vs 1,183 in Rossville). Auburn has the higher median household income ($63,382 vs $58,287 in Rossville). Auburn has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $131,300 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Rossville
Population	1,185	1,183
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$58,287
Median home value	$135,700	$131,300
Median gross rent	$889	$970
Housing units	473	521
Homeownership rate	56.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Rossville
Population	1,178 → 1,185 (+0.6%)	1,248 → 1,183 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $63,382 (-5.2%)	$62,083 → $58,287 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $135,700 (+27.3%)	$104,200 → $131,300 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $889 (+39.3%)	$863 → $970 (+12.4%)

Auburn

Population

1,1781,185

Median household income

$66,875$63,382

Median home value

$106,600$135,700

Median gross rent

$638$889

Rossville

Population

1,2481,183

Median household income

$62,083$58,287

Median home value

$104,200$131,300

Median gross rent

$863$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Rossville
Under 5	4.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	5.7%
75 and over	3.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Rossville
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Rossville
Drove alone	86.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Rossville
1-unit, detached	67.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Rossville
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1978	1963