Auburn vs Russellville

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

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

Russellville has the higher population (7,244 vs 1,715 in Auburn). Russellville has the higher median household income ($47,875 vs $46,071 in Auburn). Russellville has the higher median home value ($156,000 vs $118,100 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Russellville
Population	1,715	7,244
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,071	$47,875
Median home value	$118,100	$156,000
Median gross rent	$777	$711
Housing units	801	3,569
Homeownership rate	69.6%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Russellville
Population	1,240 → 1,715 (+38.3%)	7,039 → 7,244 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$42,132 → $46,071 (+9.3%)	$36,840 → $47,875 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $118,100 (+19.1%)	$91,600 → $156,000 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $777 (+8.7%)	$595 → $711 (+19.5%)

Auburn

Population

1,2401,715

Median household income

$42,132$46,071

Median home value

$99,200$118,100

Median gross rent

$715$777

Russellville

Population

7,0397,244

Median household income

$36,840$47,875

Median home value

$91,600$156,000

Median gross rent

$595$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Russellville
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	15.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.3%
75 and over	13.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	78.7%
Black or African American	5.6%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Russellville
No high school diploma	6.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Russellville
Drove alone	81.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Russellville
1-unit, detached	81.8%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Russellville
Poverty rate	21.9%	16.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1966	1969