Auburn vs Ellenboro

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

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

Ellenboro has the higher population (184 vs 90 in Auburn). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($72,969 vs $21,875 in Auburn). Since 2019, Ellenboro's population has grown faster (-15.2% vs -18.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Ellenboro
Population	90	184
Median age	50.3 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,875	$72,969
Median home value	—	$109,400
Housing units	34	91
Homeownership rate	46.2%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Ellenboro
Population	110 → 90 (-18.2%)	217 → 184 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$22,500 → $21,875 (-2.8%)	$44,688 → $72,969 (+63.3%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $36,300 (-12.9%)	$59,600 → $109,400 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $705 (+36.4%)	$363 → $725 (+99.7%)

Auburn

Population

11090

Median household income

$22,500$21,875

Median home value

$41,700$36,300

Median gross rent

$517$705

Ellenboro

Population

217184

Median household income

$44,688$72,969

Median home value

$59,600$109,400

Median gross rent

$363$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Ellenboro
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	43.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	4.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	4.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	26.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.8%
75 and over	2.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Ellenboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Ellenboro
No high school diploma	27.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	51.0%	70.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Ellenboro
Drove alone	100.0%	89.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Ellenboro
1-unit, detached	73.5%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Ellenboro
Poverty rate	71.1%	2.2%
Average household size	3.46	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	48	23
Median year structure built	1938	1978