Auburn vs Lewisburg

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (1,715 vs 1,093 in Lewisburg). Auburn has the higher median household income ($46,071 vs $37,684 in Lewisburg). Auburn has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $101,000 in Lewisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Lewisburg
Population	1,715	1,093
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,071	$37,684
Median home value	$118,100	$101,000
Median gross rent	$777	$471
Housing units	801	557
Homeownership rate	69.6%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Lewisburg
Population	1,240 → 1,715 (+38.3%)	756 → 1,093 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$42,132 → $46,071 (+9.3%)	$32,981 → $37,684 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $118,100 (+19.1%)	$80,700 → $101,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $777 (+8.7%)	$525 → $471 (-10.3%)

Auburn

Population

1,2401,715

Median household income

$42,132$46,071

Median home value

$99,200$118,100

Median gross rent

$715$777

Lewisburg

Population

7561,093

Median household income

$32,981$37,684

Median home value

$80,700$101,000

Median gross rent

$525$471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Lewisburg
Under 5	6.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	15.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.6%
75 and over	13.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Lewisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Lewisburg
No high school diploma	6.9%	28.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Lewisburg
Drove alone	81.2%	85.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Lewisburg
1-unit, detached	81.8%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Lewisburg
Poverty rate	21.9%	24.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1966	1974