Auburn vs Brownville

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (3,468 vs 137 in Brownville). Brownville has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $58,674 in Auburn). Brownville has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $98,900 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Brownville
Population	3,468	137
Median age	38.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,674	$78,750
Median home value	$98,900	$112,500
Median gross rent	$774	$700
Housing units	1,703	74
Homeownership rate	57.1%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Brownville
Population	3,311 → 3,468 (+4.7%)	127 → 137 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$57,727 → $58,674 (+1.6%)	$47,500 → $78,750 (+65.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $98,900 (+8.2%)	$81,700 → $112,500 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $774 (+31.0%)	$640 → $700 (+9.4%)

Auburn

Population

3,3113,468

Median household income

$57,727$58,674

Median home value

$91,400$98,900

Median gross rent

$591$774

Brownville

Population

127137

Median household income

$47,500$78,750

Median home value

$81,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$640$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Brownville
Under 5	4.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	2.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	25.5%
75 and over	10.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Brownville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	5.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Brownville
No high school diploma	16.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Brownville
Drove alone	88.4%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Brownville
1-unit, detached	67.9%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	6.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Brownville
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1955	1970