Auburn vs Essexville

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

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

Essexville has the higher population (3,344 vs 2,045 in Auburn). Essexville has the higher median household income ($76,182 vs $68,935 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $121,200 in Essexville).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Essexville
Population	2,045	3,344
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,935	$76,182
Median home value	$157,500	$121,200
Median gross rent	$1,036	$707
Housing units	976	1,314
Homeownership rate	73.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Essexville
Population	2,109 → 2,045 (-3.0%)	3,325 → 3,344 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$48,060 → $68,935 (+43.4%)	$51,793 → $76,182 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $157,500 (+33.9%)	$92,400 → $121,200 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $1,036 (+59.9%)	$936 → $707 (-24.5%)

Auburn

Population

2,1092,045

Median household income

$48,060$68,935

Median home value

$117,600$157,500

Median gross rent

$648$1,036

Essexville

Population

3,3253,344

Median household income

$51,793$76,182

Median home value

$92,400$121,200

Median gross rent

$936$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Essexville
Under 5	3.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.8%
75 and over	11.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Essexville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Essexville
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	20.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Essexville
Drove alone	81.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Essexville
1-unit, detached	68.5%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Essexville
Poverty rate	6.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1974	1952