Auburn vs Pennsboro

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

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

Pennsboro has the higher population (1,227 vs 90 in Auburn). Pennsboro has the higher median household income ($51,348 vs $21,875 in Auburn). Since 2019, Pennsboro's population has grown faster (+14.0% vs -18.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Pennsboro
Population	90	1,227
Median age	50.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$21,875	$51,348
Median home value	—	$78,000
Median gross rent	—	$822
Housing units	34	525
Homeownership rate	46.2%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Pennsboro
Population	110 → 90 (-18.2%)	1,076 → 1,227 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$22,500 → $21,875 (-2.8%)	$41,786 → $51,348 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $36,300 (-12.9%)	$56,500 → $78,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $705 (+36.4%)	$667 → $822 (+23.2%)

Auburn

Population

11090

Median household income

$22,500$21,875

Median home value

$41,700$36,300

Median gross rent

$517$705

Pennsboro

Population

1,0761,227

Median household income

$41,786$51,348

Median home value

$56,500$78,000

Median gross rent

$667$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Pennsboro
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	43.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	18.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.5%
75 and over	2.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Pennsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Pennsboro
No high school diploma	27.5%	25.4%
High school graduate	51.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Pennsboro
Drove alone	100.0%	69.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Pennsboro
1-unit, detached	73.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Pennsboro
Poverty rate	71.1%	16.8%
Average household size	3.46	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	48	32
Median year structure built	1938	1949