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A town of 5,805, platted in 1836.
Auburn Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $151K, 2 years of the Springfield metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 353rd among Illinois's 767 graded towns.
Where Auburn Township beats most towns.
Where Auburn Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Auburn Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 288 in 1880, 4,574 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2026 and 3 maps from 1924 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Auburn Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Auburn Township.
Most working residents leave Auburn Township for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Auburn (10%) and Chatham (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Auburn Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Auburn CUSD 10. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Auburn High School, with 327 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 292 | – |
| Auburn High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 327 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Auburn Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Auburn Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Auburn Township adults binge drink, where Illinois’ towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 16%. 21% of adults get no exercise outside work in Auburn Township.
| Auburn Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Auburn Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For Auburn Township, that is below both the Illinois town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). 4.8 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Auburn Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Auburn Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Auburn Township Park | — | 19 |
| 2. Veterans Park | — | 10 |
| 3. (Fall) Corn Maze | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Auburn Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Auburn Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi LandmarkLincoln Tomb
17 mi National Historic SiteLincoln Home National Historic Site124K visitors a year17 mi National MonumentSpringfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
28 mi MuseumLincoln's New Salem
17 mi MuseumOld State Capitol State Historic Site
17 mi MuseumIllinois State MuseumLincoln Tomb: David Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old State Capitol State Historic Site: Shadow2700 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Illinois State Museum: Mike Linksvayer from Oakland, California, CC0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Auburn Township
About 4 of every 100 Auburn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Auburn is a city in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Auburn had a population of 4,574. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Auburn Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Township | #353 | B+ | A− | — | C+ | B+ |
| Chatham Township | #167 | A | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Divernon Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Talkington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virden · Virden Township | #421 | B | A+ | C | C | B− |
Divernon Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Auburn Township, Chatham Township and Divernon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Talkington Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Virden Township and Virden are one community, graded once. Compare Auburn Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Auburn Township grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #353 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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