Auburn vs Lisbon Falls

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

Auburn and Lisbon Falls 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 4,185 in Lisbon Falls). Lisbon Falls has the higher median household income ($71,513 vs $66,552 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $237,800 in Lisbon Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
Population	24,294	4,185
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,552	$71,513
Median home value	$254,600	$237,800
Median gross rent	$983	$1,028
Housing units	11,113	1,778
Homeownership rate	59.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
Population	23,187 → 24,294 (+4.8%)	4,019 → 4,185 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$49,719 → $66,552 (+33.9%)	$59,145 → $71,513 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $254,600 (+54.1%)	$145,800 → $237,800 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $983 (+24.6%)	$743 → $1,028 (+38.4%)

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 Falls

Population

4,0194,185

Median household income

$59,145$71,513

Median home value

$145,800$237,800

Median gross rent

$743$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.2%
75 and over	8.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
Drove alone	76.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
1-unit, detached	53.5%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Lisbon Falls
Poverty rate	12.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1953	1962