Auburn vs Elmer

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (1,209 vs 1,152 in Elmer). Auburn has the higher median household income ($201,648 vs $92,757 in Elmer). Auburn has the higher median home value ($440,300 vs $206,300 in Elmer).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Elmer
Population	1,209	1,152
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$201,648	$92,757
Median home value	$440,300	$206,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,627
Housing units	416	493
Homeownership rate	99.0%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Elmer
Population	828 → 1,209 (+46.0%)	1,436 → 1,152 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$134,559 → $201,648 (+49.9%)	$77,734 → $92,757 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$339,700 → $440,300 (+29.6%)	$192,200 → $206,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,296 → $1,627 (+25.5%)

Auburn

Population

8281,209

Median household income

$134,559$201,648

Median home value

$339,700$440,300

Elmer

Population

1,4361,152

Median household income

$77,734$92,757

Median home value

$192,200$206,300

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Elmer
Under 5	3.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	30.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	2.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	20.3%	19.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	7.5%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Elmer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Elmer
No high school diploma	0.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	6.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Elmer
Drove alone	91.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Elmer
1-unit, detached	98.6%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Elmer
Poverty rate	1.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1990	1938