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Auburn, IA

AuburnIA

A town of 160. A typical home worth about $108K.

Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
160
residents
Typical home
$108K
+6.9% in a year
Household income
$59K
median
Median age
46.5
years
Jobs based here
48
A commuter town

What makes Auburn stand out

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Small town

160 people, and everyone knows the way

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57°
Mostly Cloudy
H 70° · L 63°

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Housing

A typical Auburn home is worth about $108K

The typical Auburn home is worth about $108,000, up 6.9% in a year, 55% below the Iowa typical home.

$108KZillow home value

Typical home value

Auburn$108K
Iowa$240K
+6.9%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Auburn

Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lake View (13%), Sac City (8%) and Carroll (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

1%work in town

Where working residents work

In Auburn1%
Lake View13%
Sac City8%
Carroll6%
Omaha6%
31 mi
median commute distance
48
jobs based in Auburn
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Auburn has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 10°, and about 31 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

31″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter13–31°
Spring37–59°
Summer61–82°
Fall39–61°
Oct 10
typical first frost
Apr 27
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards

Low risk, with hail at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 38% of U.S. communities.

38risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
38Low riskLowerHigher
HailInland floodingTornadoes
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health

How healthy Auburn is

Auburn beats the Iowa average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.

32 measures vs. Iowa
1 better31 too close to call0 worse
What stands outAuburnIA
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth7.9%11.6%
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
6.8 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Auburn for work

Where Auburn’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

13% → Lake View Lake View 13% 8% → Sac City Sac City 8% 6% → Carroll Carroll 6% 6% → Omaha Omaha 6% 5% → Sioux City Sioux City 5% 3% → Storm Lake Storm Lake 3% Auburn · 1% stay
48jobs based in Auburn
1%of working residents work in town
31 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Auburn

City in Iowa, USA

Auburn is a city in Sac County, Iowa, United States. The population was 265 at the 2020 census. In 2014 Larry Finley, a former mayor of the town, stated in the Carroll Daily Times Herald that the Auburn community had embraced its financial identity as a "bedroom community."

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
265
Area
0.5 sq mi
Elevation
1,224 ft
ZIP code
51433
Area code
712

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