Auburn vs Johnson

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

Auburn and Johnson 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 311 in Johnson). Auburn has the higher median household income ($58,674 vs $58,646 in Johnson). Johnson has the higher median home value ($100,800 vs $98,900 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Johnson
Population	3,468	311
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,674	$58,646
Median home value	$98,900	$100,800
Median gross rent	$774	$625
Housing units	1,703	181
Homeownership rate	57.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Johnson
Population	3,311 → 3,468 (+4.7%)	272 → 311 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$57,727 → $58,674 (+1.6%)	$59,219 → $58,646 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $98,900 (+8.2%)	$83,600 → $100,800 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $774 (+31.0%)	$550 → $625 (+13.6%)

Auburn

Population

3,3113,468

Median household income

$57,727$58,674

Median home value

$91,400$98,900

Median gross rent

$591$774

Johnson

Population

272311

Median household income

$59,219$58,646

Median home value

$83,600$100,800

Median gross rent

$550$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Johnson
Under 5	4.3%	10.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.1%
75 and over	10.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Johnson
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Johnson
No high school diploma	16.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Johnson
Drove alone	88.4%	91.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Johnson
1-unit, detached	67.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Johnson
Poverty rate	14.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1955	1950