Population

86,301

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$547,900

Owner-occupied units

Auburn, WA

Washington · 47.305° N, 122.211° W · 30 sq mi

Auburn is a city in Washington, with a population of 86,301 and about 2,894 residents per square mile. The median household earns $97,884 a year, and the median home is worth $547,900.

Conditions

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Size & density

Land area

30 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

2,894

People per square mile

Rank by population

#443

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#468

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$97,884

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,786

Per month

Homeownership

60.6%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

30.5 min

One way

People

Median age

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

25.6%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

25.1%

Households

30,393

2.79 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 21.1^%

Retail trade 13^%

Professional & business services 11.8^%

Manufacturing 10.1^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Washington

Name

Steve Ballmer

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$118B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Hunts Point

Source of wealth

Microsoft

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Washington · private sector

Employer

Amazon

Sector

Retail & cloud

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Washington

Company

Amazon

Revenue

$638.0B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Seattle

Ticker

AMZN

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Washington

State bird

Willow Goldfinch

State flower

Coast Rhododendron

State capital

Olympia

Nickname

The Evergreen State

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