Auburn vs Topeka

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

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

Topeka has the higher population (126,103 vs 1,185 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median household income ($63,382 vs $55,902 in Topeka). Auburn has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $130,600 in Topeka).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Topeka
Population	1,185	126,103
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$55,902
Median home value	$135,700	$130,600
Median gross rent	$889	$947
Housing units	473	59,971
Homeownership rate	56.5%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Topeka
Population	1,178 → 1,185 (+0.6%)	126,397 → 126,103 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $63,382 (-5.2%)	$47,999 → $55,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $135,700 (+27.3%)	$103,200 → $130,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $889 (+39.3%)	$816 → $947 (+16.1%)

Auburn

Population

1,1781,185

Median household income

$66,875$63,382

Median home value

$106,600$135,700

Median gross rent

$638$889

Topeka

Population

126,397126,103

Median household income

$47,999$55,902

Median home value

$103,200$130,600

Median gross rent

$816$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Topeka
Under 5	4.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.2%
75 and over	3.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Topeka
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	65.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Topeka
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	37.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Topeka
Drove alone	86.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Topeka
1-unit, detached	67.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Topeka
Poverty rate	11.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1978	1967