Auburn vs Kirkland

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

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

Kirkland has the higher population (91,614 vs 85,455 in Auburn). Kirkland has the higher median household income ($143,533 vs $95,367 in Auburn). Kirkland has the higher median home value ($1,022,500 vs $510,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Kirkland
Population	85,455	91,614
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,367	$143,533
Median home value	$510,400	$1,022,500
Median gross rent	$1,713	$2,342
Housing units	32,096	40,264
Homeownership rate	61.4%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Kirkland
Population	80,134 → 85,455 (+6.6%)	89,438 → 91,614 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$72,822 → $95,367 (+31.0%)	$117,190 → $143,533 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$327,200 → $510,400 (+56.0%)	$662,300 → $1,022,500 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,245 → $1,713 (+37.6%)	$1,861 → $2,342 (+25.8%)

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

Kirkland

Population

89,43891,614

Median household income

$117,190$143,533

Median home value

$662,300$1,022,500

Median gross rent

$1,861$2,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Kirkland
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Kirkland
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	65.2%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.3%
Asian	11.7%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Kirkland
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Kirkland
Drove alone	71.2%	55.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.6%
Public transit	3.3%	4.6%
Walked	1.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.8%	29.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Kirkland
1-unit, detached	51.1%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	16.6%
20 or more units	12.9%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Kirkland
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1991	1983