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1933
EXTERIOR (FRONT). - Cauthen House, East Drake Avenue, Auburn, Lee County, AL HABS ALA,41-AUB,4-1, 1933
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About Auburn
City in Alabama, United StatesAuburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama. The population was 76,143 at the 2020 census. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020. Auburn is a historic college town and home to Auburn University, the highest academically ranked university in the state. It is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States as measured since 1990. U.S. New…
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How Auburn ranks
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Housing in Auburn
The typical Auburn home is worth about $419,000, up 4.3% in a year, 74% above the Alabama typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Auburn
Safety Grade B
Auburn reports less crime per resident than 61% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Auburn
Health Grade B+
Healthier than 67% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 89% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Alabama
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 14 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Auburn
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 28% of U.S. communities.
Schools in Auburn
All Auburn schools →School Grade A+
The public schools Auburn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 95% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AL. Ratings are from neighbors.
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