Auburn vs Lewiston

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

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

Lewiston has the higher population (37,886 vs 24,294 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median household income ($66,552 vs $56,558 in Lewiston). Auburn has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $214,200 in Lewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Lewiston
Population	24,294	37,886
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,552	$56,558
Median home value	$254,600	$214,200
Median gross rent	$983	$954
Housing units	11,113	16,852
Homeownership rate	59.1%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Lewiston
Population	23,187 → 24,294 (+4.8%)	36,095 → 37,886 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$49,719 → $66,552 (+33.9%)	$44,523 → $56,558 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $254,600 (+54.1%)	$140,600 → $214,200 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $983 (+24.6%)	$748 → $954 (+27.5%)

Auburn

Population

23,18724,294

Median household income

$49,719$66,552

Median home value

$165,200$254,600

Median gross rent

$789$983

Lewiston

Population

36,09537,886

Median household income

$44,523$56,558

Median home value

$140,600$214,200

Median gross rent

$748$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Lewiston
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.1%
75 and over	8.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Lewiston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	80.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Lewiston
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Lewiston
Drove alone	76.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	2.5%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Lewiston
1-unit, detached	53.5%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	21.7%
20 or more units	7.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Lewiston
Poverty rate	12.6%	17.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1953	1957