Auburn vs Lisbon

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (24,294 vs 3,453 in Lisbon). Lisbon has the higher median household income ($72,066 vs $66,552 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $217,200 in Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Lisbon
Population	24,294	3,453
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,552	$72,066
Median home value	$254,600	$217,200
Median gross rent	$983	$829
Housing units	11,113	1,533
Homeownership rate	59.1%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Lisbon
Population	23,187 → 24,294 (+4.8%)	2,946 → 3,453 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$49,719 → $66,552 (+33.9%)	$51,838 → $72,066 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $254,600 (+54.1%)	$154,800 → $217,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $983 (+24.6%)	$797 → $829 (+4.0%)

Auburn

Population

23,18724,294

Median household income

$49,719$66,552

Median home value

$165,200$254,600

Median gross rent

$789$983

Lisbon

Population

2,9463,453

Median household income

$51,838$72,066

Median home value

$154,800$217,200

Median gross rent

$797$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon
Under 5	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	23.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.0%
75 and over	8.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	94.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Lisbon
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon
Drove alone	76.4%	57.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	30.8%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon
1-unit, detached	53.5%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Lisbon
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1953	1984