Cornell vs New Auburn

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

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

Cornell has the higher population (1,331 vs 550 in New Auburn). New Auburn has the higher median household income ($67,981 vs $60,667 in Cornell). New Auburn has the higher median home value ($164,400 vs $142,100 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	New Auburn
Population	1,331	550
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,667	$67,981
Median home value	$142,100	$164,400
Median gross rent	$796	$1,010
Housing units	605	216
Homeownership rate	75.5%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	New Auburn
Population	1,781 → 1,331 (-25.3%)	564 → 550 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$47,264 → $60,667 (+28.4%)	$56,750 → $67,981 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $142,100 (+46.3%)	$114,800 → $164,400 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $796 (+32.9%)	$825 → $1,010 (+22.4%)

Cornell

Population

1,7811,331

Median household income

$47,264$60,667

Median home value

$97,100$142,100

Median gross rent

$599$796

New Auburn

Population

564550

Median household income

$56,750$67,981

Median home value

$114,800$164,400

Median gross rent

$825$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornell	New Auburn
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	19.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.1%
75 and over	10.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	New Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	New Auburn
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	New Auburn
Drove alone	78.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	New Auburn
1-unit, detached	84.1%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	New Auburn
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1961	1973