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Auburn city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Auburn city is a Census city of 13,565 people across 8.60 square miles of land, in DeKalb County. Median household income is $68,750, 76.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $17.9 m.
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Auburn
What Auburn is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.6 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,578
- County holding the largest share of its areaDeKalb County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Auburn
How many people live in Auburn
- Population13,565
- Median age35.6
- Population under 183,342
- Share under 1824.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,397
- Share 65 and over17.7 percent
- Households5,627
- Family households3,625
- Share of households that are families64.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Auburn
Income and work in Auburn
- Median household income$68,750
- Per capita income$36,225
- Civilian labor force7,274
- Employed6,846
- Unemployed428 plus or minus 203
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over9,147
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Auburn
Housing in Auburn
- Housing units5,881
- Occupied units5,627
- Vacant units254 plus or minus 162
- Vacancy rate4.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Owner occupied4,302
- Renter occupied1,325 plus or minus 277
- Ownership rate76.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$190,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$865
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent
- Single family units4,261
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,118 plus or minus 282
- Share in buildings of two or more19.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes502 plus or minus 196
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Auburn
How Auburn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,471
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,063
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,298 plus or minus 295
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Drove alone80.5 percent
- Carpooled12.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Auburn
SBA loans in Auburn (7(a))
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$17,904,700
- Average approval$596,823
- Median approval$210,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,382,000
- Largest approval$3,805,000
- Jobs supported300
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full6
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises43.3 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Auburn
SBA loans in Auburn (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$8,935,000
- Average approval$1,489,167
- Median approval$659,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported58
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
DeKalb County, not Auburn
DeKalb County context, not Auburn figures
These are DeKalb County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Auburn measurements.
- Establishments in DeKalb County1,034
- Employment at those establishments, DeKalb County21,088
- Covered employment, DeKalb County22,201
- Average annual pay, DeKalb County$62,916
- Average weekly wage, DeKalb County$1,210
- Housing units permitted, DeKalb County116
- Of those, single family, DeKalb County116
- County product, 2024, DeKalb County$3,447,196,000
- County product change over the prior year, DeKalb County-0.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, DeKalb County$54,731
Every figure in this section is published for DeKalb County as a whole and is not a measurement of Auburn. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Auburn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Auburn, Indiana?
13,565, in 5,627 households. Auburn city covers 8.60 square miles of land, which is 1,578 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Auburn in?
DeKalb County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Auburn?
$68,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $190,800. Median gross rent is $865 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Auburn businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $17.9 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $210,600, plus 6 504 approvals worth $8.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Auburn, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Auburn borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Auburn. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Auburn figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for DeKalb County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Auburn.
Is zoning published for Auburn?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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