Auburn vs Port Byron

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (26,475 vs 994 in Port Byron). Port Byron has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $49,377 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median home value ($143,600 vs $100,000 in Port Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Port Byron
Population	26,475	994
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,377	$51,528
Median home value	$143,600	$100,000
Median gross rent	$867	$991
Housing units	13,092	448
Homeownership rate	49.5%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Port Byron
Population	26,601 → 26,475 (-0.5%)	1,035 → 994 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$44,049 → $49,377 (+12.1%)	$54,318 → $51,528 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $143,600 (+40.8%)	$86,300 → $100,000 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $867 (+15.0%)	$667 → $991 (+48.6%)

Auburn

Population

26,60126,475

Median household income

$44,049$49,377

Median home value

$102,000$143,600

Median gross rent

$754$867

Port Byron

Population

1,035994

Median household income

$54,318$51,528

Median home value

$86,300$100,000

Median gross rent

$667$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Port Byron
Under 5	6.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.1%
75 and over	9.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Port Byron
No high school diploma	13.8%	18.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Port Byron
Drove alone	77.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	46.8%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	31.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	9.5%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Port Byron
Poverty rate	20.0%	17.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1948	1938