Auburn vs Willard

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

Auburn and Willard 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 71 in Willard). Willard has the higher median household income ($65,455 vs $63,382 in Auburn). Since 2019, Auburn's population has grown faster (+0.6% vs -12.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Willard
Population	1,185	71
Median age	37.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$65,455
Median home value	$135,700	—
Median gross rent	$889	$1,083
Housing units	473	38
Homeownership rate	56.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Willard
Population	1,178 → 1,185 (+0.6%)	81 → 71 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $63,382 (-5.2%)	$39,375 → $65,455 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $135,700 (+27.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$638 → $889 (+39.3%)	$788 → $1,083 (+37.4%)

Auburn

Population

1,1781,185

Median household income

$66,875$63,382

Median home value

$106,600$135,700

Median gross rent

$638$889

Willard

Population

8171

Median household income

$39,375$65,455

Median gross rent

$788$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Willard
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	18.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	28.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	5.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	16.9%
75 and over	3.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Willard
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Willard
Drove alone	86.7%	87.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Willard
1-unit, detached	67.0%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	34.2%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Willard
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.52	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1978	1957