Photo: Davidmcarlson · CC BY-SA 3.0Auburn has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1,115 jobs are based in Auburn for 4,123 working residents. Auburn grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% work in Auburn; the top destination outside it is Lawrenceville (6%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Auburn stands out on work
No single place dominates Auburn’s commute
The biggest draw, Lawrenceville, gets only 6% of working residents, and 68% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Auburn residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Auburn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Auburn are in trade, transport and utilities, against 29% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Auburn
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Auburn is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #86 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Auburn’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Auburn could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where the trip to work from Auburn ends
Where Auburn clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Auburn: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auburn workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,898 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Auburn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 883 → 1,115. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Auburn by day
On a workday 4,047 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 1,039 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Auburn on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region Auburn works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Auburn, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Auburn is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #232 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Auburn near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,386 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Auburn households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Auburn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Auburn next to U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000: 1,568th of 2,878 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 596 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,566 | Orrville OH | 8,461 | $73K | 15.2% | 3.0% | 25% | B |
| 1,567 | Makawao HI | 7,353 | $96K | 10.2% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,568 | Auburn GA | 10,110 | $77K | 11.7% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,569 | Brigantine NJ | 7,658 | $97K | 9.4% | 5.7% | 14% | B |
| 1,570 | Lenox Township MI | 13,251 | $72K | 12.0% | 4.2% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Auburn, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
How Auburn compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Auburn’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Auburn: questions
What is the median household income in Auburn?
$77,034 (±$6,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auburn?
11.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auburn?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auburn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrenceville (6%, 10 mi), Atlanta (4%, 38 mi), Buford (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Auburn walkable?
Auburn is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Auburn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Auburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auburn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.