† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAuburn, INIndianaUnited States
German27.1%19.5%12.5%
English14.5%11.3%9.5%
Irish9.4%10.1%9.4%
American9.1%6.9%5.3%
Polish2.4%2.6%2.2%
Italian2.2%2.4%4.8%
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Dutch2.1%——
Mexican2.0%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.8%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Auburn, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
38.4
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Auburn, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$74,331
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.5%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.2%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Auburn, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.5%
10.4%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
1.1%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Auburn, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
5.6%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.7%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.9%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.2%
7.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Auburn, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.8%
1896
+7.9%
1900
+3.9%
1904
−8.6%
1908
+9.8%
1912
+26.4%
1916
+7.1%
1920
−15.3%
1924
−17.6%
1928
−28.6%
1932
+12.7%
1936
+8.6%
1940
−14.8%
1944
−21.5%
1948
−11.9%
1952
−32.4%
1956
−34.1%
1960
−25.7%
1964
+9.7%
1968
−21.3%
1972
−33.7%
1976
−12.0%
1980
−21.3%
1984
−30.7%
1988
−31.8%
1992
−13.5%
1996
−15.1%
2000
−28.5%
2004
−36.7%
2008
−15.2%
2012
−31.6%
2016
−47.7%
2020
−47.2%
2024
−47.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
25.6%Harris5,064
72.6%Trump14,377
1.1%Kennedy218 +2
R+47.1
D+0.2
R+45.6
19,792
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican72.6%14,377
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic25.6%5,064
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.1%218
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%126
OtherAll other candidates0.0%7
R
25.3%Biden4,966
72.5%Trump14,237
2.2%
R+47.2
D+0.5
R+51.7
19,628
R
23.2%Clinton3,941
70.9%Trump12,054
5.9%
R+47.7
R+16.1
R+49.8
16,995
R
33.1%Obama5,419
64.7%Romney10,587
2.2%
R+31.6
R+16.4
R+35.4
16,360
R
41.8%Obama7,175
57.0%McCain9,780
1.1%
R+15.2
D+21.5
R+22.5
17,149
R
31.2%Kerry4,810
68.0%Bush10,468
0.8%
R+36.7
R+8.3
R+34.3
15,403
R
34.6%Gore4,776
63.1%Bush8,701
2.2%
R+28.5
R+13.4
R+29.0
13,785
R
36.3%Clinton4,840
51.4%Dole6,851
12.4%
R+15.1
R+1.6
R+23.6
13,339
R
31.0%Clinton4,652
44.5%Bush6,682
24.6%
R+13.5
D+18.3
R+19.1
15,022
R
34.0%Dukakis4,657
65.7%Bush9,018
0.3%
R+31.8
R+1.1
R+24.1
13,716
R
34.1%Mondale4,617
64.8%Reagan8,769
1.0%
R+30.7
R+9.4
R+12.5
13,528
R
35.2%Carter4,911
56.5%Reagan7,886
8.3%
R+21.3
R+9.3
R+11.6
13,950
R
43.2%Carter6,151
55.2%Ford7,860
1.6%
R+12.0
D+21.7
R+14.1
14,246
R
32.7%McGovern4,354
66.4%Nixon8,834
0.8%
R+33.7
R+12.4
R+10.5
13,297
R
35.6%Humphrey4,790
56.9%Nixon7,650
7.4%
R+21.3
R+31.0
R+20.6
13,438
D
54.4%Johnson7,559
44.7%Goldwater6,210
0.9%
D+9.7
D+35.5
R+12.9
13,889
R
36.9%Kennedy5,277
62.7%Nixon8,957
0.4%
R+25.7
D+8.3
R+25.9
14,295
R
32.7%Stevenson4,435
66.7%Eisenhower9,061
0.6%
R+34.1
R+1.7
R+18.7
13,575
R
32.3%Stevenson4,347
64.7%Eisenhower8,713
3.1%
R+32.4
R+20.5
R+21.6
13,476
R
43.0%Truman5,439
54.9%Dewey6,941
2.1%
R+11.9
D+9.7
R+16.4
12,652
R
38.8%Roosevelt4,810
60.4%Dewey7,479
0.8%
R+21.5
R+6.8
R+29.0
12,387
R
42.4%Roosevelt5,690
57.2%Willkie7,676
0.4%
R+14.8
R+23.4
R+24.7
13,426
D
53.5%Roosevelt6,970
44.9%Landon5,848
1.6%
D+8.6
R+4.1
R+15.6
13,027
D
55.7%Roosevelt7,235
43.1%Hoover5,590
1.2%
D+12.7
D+41.3
R+5.1
12,981
R
35.4%Smith4,077
64.0%Hoover7,373
0.6%
R+28.6
R+11.1
R+11.2
11,514
R
37.1%Davis4,133
54.6%Coolidge6,093
8.3%
R+17.6
R+2.3
D+7.6
11,154
R
41.1%Cox4,750
56.3%Harding6,514
2.6%
R+15.3
R+22.4
D+10.9
11,560
D
50.7%Wilson3,372
43.5%Hughes2,898
5.8%
D+7.1
R+19.3
D+4.0
6,657
D
44.5%Wilson2,766
18.1%Taft1,125
37.4%
D+26.4
D+16.6
D+6.9
6,211
D
52.2%Bryan3,684
42.4%Taft2,991
5.3%
D+9.8
D+18.4
D+19.4
7,052
R
41.4%Parker2,827
50.0%Roosevelt3,416
8.7%
R+8.6
R+12.5
D+11.1
6,836
D
50.0%Bryan3,488
46.1%McKinley3,218
3.9%
D+3.9
R+4.0
D+11.4
6,979
D
53.4%Bryan3,678
45.6%McKinley3,137
1.0%
D+7.9
D+3.0
D+13.9
6,886
D
44.9%Cleveland2,801
40.0%Harrison2,499
15.1%
D+4.8
—
D+3.2
6,244
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
23.9%4,429
73.1%13,530
18,512
2022
R
23.6%2,773
73.2%8,584
11,732
2018
R
30.2%4,204
65.8%9,167
13,932
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Auburn, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
30,530
2018
28,251
2020
29,031
2022
29,642
2024
29,972
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+81 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +985 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Auburn, IN in Auburn, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+21
2012
−327
2013
−49
2014
−37
2015
−33
2016
+37
2017
+108
2018
+296
2019
+176
2021
+23
2022
+342
2023
+307
2024
+40
2025
+81
Auburn sits at the center of a rural northeast Indiana economy shaped by auto-parts manufacturing and agriculture, with the metro consistently returning Republican margins above 70% in federal elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.7 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 47.1 points.
A population of 43,807, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,331 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kendallville, IN and Wabash, IN.
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In 2024, Auburn, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 47.1 points (R+47.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,792 votes cast, 5,064 went Democratic and 14,377 went Republican.
When did Auburn, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Auburn, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Auburn, IN, Indiana?
Auburn, IN, Indiana has a population of 43,807 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Auburn, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Auburn, IN, Indiana is $74,331 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Auburn, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Auburn, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
