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01501

Auburn, MA · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
16,877
Median household income
$116,762
People below poverty
5.2%
Median home value
$400,800

Income

The median income of households in 01501 was $116,762. An estimated 1.4% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 19.8% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 1.4
$10,000 to $14,999 1.5
$15,000 to $24,999 7.1
$25,000 to $34,999 5
$35,000 to $49,999 7.8
$50,000 to $74,999 10.4
$75,000 to $99,999 10.9
$100,000 to $149,999 19.7
$150,000 to $199,999 16.5
$200,000 or more 19.8

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 85896
Female 76177

An estimated 75.8% of households received earnings. An estimated 36.7% of households received Social Security and an estimated 28.1 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,628. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 75.8
Social Security 36.7
Retirement income 28.1
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4.6
Cash public assistance income 4

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 5.2 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 6.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 10.6% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 2.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 5.2
Children under 18 years below poverty 6.1
People 65 years old and over below poverty 10.6
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 2.9

In 2020-2024, 10.8 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 34.6% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 65.2% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 33.1% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 01501 in 2020-2024, 98.2% had health insurance coverage and 1.8% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 83.3% and public coverage was 32.5%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 1.8%.


In 2020-2024, 01501 had a total population of 16,877 - 8,802 (52.2%) females and 8,075 (47.8%) males. The median age was 44.8 years. An estimated 21% of the population was under 18 years, 27% was 19 to 44 years, 28.9% was 45 to 64 years, and 20.9 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 01501 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 426 226
5 to 9 484 318
10 to 14 620 648
15 to 19 682 500
20 to 24 213 384
25 to 29 304 439
30 to 34 581 670
35 to 39 603 532
40 to 44 397 448
45 to 49 619 756
50 to 54 668 724
55 to 59 477 576
60 to 64 542 519
65 to 69 487 639
70 to 74 275 488
75 to 79 263 307
80 to 84 241 314
85 and over 193 314

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 85.7% were White; 2% were Black or African American; 5.2% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3.1% were Asian; 1.8% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 7.2% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 6.1% of the people in 01501 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 84.9% of the people in 01501 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 6,788 households in 01501. The average household size was 2.46 people.

Married-couple households made up 47.1% of the households in 01501 while cohabiting couple households made up 10% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 30.1% of all households, while 12.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 11.1% of households were male householders living alone, and 17.1% were female householders living alone, for a total of 28.2% of all households.

In 01501, 32.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 37.8% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 47.1
Cohabiting Couples 10
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
12.8
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
30.1

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 53.5% of males and 43.4% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 30.2 28.9
Now married, except separated 53.5 43.4
Separated 1.4 1.5
Widowed 6.2 9.6
Divorced 8.8 16.6

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 01501, 455 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 25.1% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 91.5% of the people living in 01501 were U.S. natives. 77.4% of the 01501 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 8.5% of 01501 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 77.6% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 74.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 01501 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 01501.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 21.9
Asia 35.1
Europe 26
Africa 12
Northern America 5
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 01501 in 2020-2024, 11.4 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 3.8% of people at least five years old; 4.1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 3.8
Other Indo-European languages 4
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1.7
Other languages 1.9

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 96 % of the people at least one year old living in 01501 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 96
Different house, same county 3
Different county, same state 0.6
Different state 0.3
Abroad 0.1

Education

In 2020-2024, 94.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 45.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 5.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 01501 was 3,991 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 226 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 2,911. College or graduate school enrollment was 854.

Educational Attainment of People in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 5.7
High school diploma or equivalency 23.4
Some college, no degree 17.1
Associate's degree 8.3
Bachelor's degree 26.7
Graduate or professional degree 18.8

Disability

In 01501, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 15.4 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.8% of people under 18 years old, to 12.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 01501, 65.5 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 32% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 78.6% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 14.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6.7 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 7,130 78.6
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,327 14.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 610 6.7

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 01501 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.1
Construction 4.4
Manufacturing 9
Wholesale trade 2
Retail trade 10.9
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.7
Information 2.1
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 8.7
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 10.6
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 31.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 5
Other Services, except public administration 4.9
Public administration 4

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 01501 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 4,198 46.3
Service occupations 1,115 12.3
Sales and office occupations 2,261 24.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 633 7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 860 9.5

Commuting to Work

An estimated 77.6% of 01501 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 5.8% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 25.6 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 77.6
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 5.8
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.6
Walked 0.6
Other means 1.2
Worked from home 14.2

In 2020-2024, 01501 had a total of 6,955 housing units. Of these housing units, 77.8% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 18.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 3.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 77.8
Apartments in multi-unit structures 18.2
Mobile homes 3.9
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

4% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 20.2% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 01501 was 5.8 rooms, and of these housing units 59.9% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 01501 had 6,788 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 167 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 79.5% while renters occupied 20.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.66 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.7.

1.6% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 14.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 6.5% and another 18.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 01501:

House Heating Fuel Used in 01501 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 22.7
Electricity 16.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 55.8
All other fuels 3.6
No fuel used 1.1

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 01501 was $400,800.

Of the owner-occupied households, 66.3 % had a mortgage. 33.7% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,254 and for owners without a mortgage it was $947.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 01501 was $1,467. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.