Auburn vs Union Springs

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

Auburn and Union Springs 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 1,274 in Union Springs). Union Springs has the higher median household income ($95,282 vs $49,377 in Auburn). Union Springs has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $143,600 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Union Springs
Population	26,475	1,274
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,377	$95,282
Median home value	$143,600	$163,400
Median gross rent	$867	$875
Housing units	13,092	535
Homeownership rate	49.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Union Springs
Population	26,601 → 26,475 (-0.5%)	1,042 → 1,274 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$44,049 → $49,377 (+12.1%)	$65,750 → $95,282 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $143,600 (+40.8%)	$118,500 → $163,400 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $867 (+15.0%)	$547 → $875 (+60.0%)

Auburn

Population

26,60126,475

Median household income

$44,049$49,377

Median home value

$102,000$143,600

Median gross rent

$754$867

Union Springs

Population

1,0421,274

Median household income

$65,750$95,282

Median home value

$118,500$163,400

Median gross rent

$547$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Union Springs
Under 5	6.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	21.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.3%
75 and over	9.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Union Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Union Springs
No high school diploma	13.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Union Springs
Drove alone	77.7%	63.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.2%
Other means	2.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Union Springs
1-unit, detached	46.8%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	31.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	9.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Union Springs
Poverty rate	20.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1948	1938