Auburn vs Bellevue

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

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

Bellevue has the higher population (151,199 vs 85,455 in Auburn). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($161,300 vs $95,367 in Auburn). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($1,203,100 vs $510,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Bellevue
Population	85,455	151,199
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,367	$161,300
Median home value	$510,400	$1,203,100
Median gross rent	$1,713	$2,505
Housing units	32,096	65,536
Homeownership rate	61.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Bellevue
Population	80,134 → 85,455 (+6.6%)	144,403 → 151,199 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$72,822 → $95,367 (+31.0%)	$120,456 → $161,300 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$327,200 → $510,400 (+56.0%)	$809,200 → $1,203,100 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,245 → $1,713 (+37.6%)	$1,947 → $2,505 (+28.7%)

Auburn

Population

80,13485,455

Median household income

$72,822$95,367

Median home value

$327,200$510,400

Median gross rent

$1,245$1,713

Bellevue

Population

144,403151,199

Median household income

$120,456$161,300

Median home value

$809,200$1,203,100

Median gross rent

$1,947$2,505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Bellevue
Under 5	6.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.7%
75 and over	4.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Bellevue
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	42.4%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.1%
Asian	11.7%	40.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Bellevue
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.4%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	35.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Bellevue
Drove alone	71.2%	47.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.3%
Public transit	3.3%	5.9%
Walked	1.8%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.8%	32.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Bellevue
1-unit, detached	51.1%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	12.3%
20 or more units	12.9%	29.8%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Bellevue
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1991	1981