Auburn vs Redmond

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (85,455 vs 75,721 in Redmond). Redmond has the higher median household income ($162,099 vs $95,367 in Auburn). Redmond has the higher median home value ($1,091,700 vs $510,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Redmond
Population	85,455	75,721
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,367	$162,099
Median home value	$510,400	$1,091,700
Median gross rent	$1,713	$2,343
Housing units	32,096	33,884
Homeownership rate	61.4%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Redmond
Population	80,134 → 85,455 (+6.6%)	65,558 → 75,721 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$72,822 → $95,367 (+31.0%)	$132,188 → $162,099 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$327,200 → $510,400 (+56.0%)	$703,000 → $1,091,700 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,245 → $1,713 (+37.6%)	$1,929 → $2,343 (+21.5%)

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

Redmond

Population

65,55875,721

Median household income

$132,188$162,099

Median home value

$703,000$1,091,700

Median gross rent

$1,929$2,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Redmond
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	21.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	18.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.9%
75 and over	4.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Redmond
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	46.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.1%
Asian	11.7%	39.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Redmond
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Redmond
Drove alone	71.2%	47.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.3%
Public transit	3.3%	6.1%
Walked	1.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.8%	35.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Redmond
1-unit, detached	51.1%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	13.4%
20 or more units	12.9%	30.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Redmond
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1991	1991