Photo: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Auburn run?
Auburn’s city government spent $22.3 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,622 per resident. Water and other utilities ($36.5 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Auburn is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,622 per resident a year, or $4.44 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 15%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$1,154 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Auburn’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($1,154 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 35 Indiana cities of 10,000–24,999 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,182, and the middle half spent $976–$1,616. Auburn spent less than 57% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($2.6 million), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Indiana cities of 10,000–24,999 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Auburn itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 42% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Auburn reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $1,154 · 2023: $1,437 · 2024: $1,622.
full-time in March 2025, up from 159 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,238 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.65% of the home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Auburn’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Auburn’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Auburn →
Who’s in charge in Auburn
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Auburn’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on ci.auburn.in.us ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 83 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (13,724).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
DeKalb County Central United School District
Auburn’s K–12 school district, shared with Corunna, Fairfield Township, Grant Township, Jackson Township, Richland Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,447 per pupil, $6,353 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Indiana districts overall: 33% local, 56% state, 11% federal.
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community Schools · $12,038 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Auburn.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: ci.auburn.in.us ↗
- 2Indiana HouseState representatives
- 3Indiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Indiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Auburn’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Auburn’s government
How much does Auburn spend per resident?
About $1,622 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $1,154 was less than 57% of 35 Indiana cities of 10,000–24,999 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Auburn?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,238 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.65% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see ci.auburn.in.us.
Who runs Auburn’s government?
See ci.auburn.in.us for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Auburn yet.
How many people work for Auburn?
166 full-time and 14 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $983,772 (about $11.8M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Auburn in the state legislature?
Auburn is split among 2 State Senate districts, so your address decides. The Indiana Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Auburn’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →