Mount Auburn is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Mount Auburn, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
92 in every 100 households in Mount Auburn own their home
Roughly 441 people live in Mount Auburn (2025 Census estimate). Across IL, 38 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; locally, 16. People 65 and older make up 21 in 100 residents (IL: 17).
Median age 42.7 (IL 39).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 32 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Mount Auburn says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Mount Auburn
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Mount Auburn’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Mount Auburn or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Mount Auburn in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.