Auburn, WA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Auburn, WA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 103,374. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet AUBURN-WA · Auburn, WA 3 ZIPs · 103,374 pop · #4057/25278 · King County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $102,592
  • RANK-TOP #4057/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kent
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-MID 103,374
  • SPREAD-MOD 98002→98092
  • HOME-HIGH $548,200

Nearest income peer: Kent, WA ( $613 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Auburn

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Auburn on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Auburn, WA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
103,374
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$102,592
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $102,592 and home value $548,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Auburn as a pure owner town.

Within Washington, Paterson is the closest lower-income city and Indianola the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Auburn.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Auburn differ

Auburn's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $78,684 in ZIP 98002 to $122,300 in ZIP 98092, while home values span $421,300 in 98002 to $635,900 in 98092. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.6×

98002 to 98092

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.5×

98002 to 98092

Poverty-rate spread
5.2 points

98092 to 98002

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Auburn residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Auburn: the largest, 98092, is only about 39% of 103,374 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Auburn

Citywide ZBP: 3,071 establishments, 48,946 employees , annual payroll $3,138,856k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98001 (1,328 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (675) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Auburn, WA

These ZIP codes sit in King County, which covers 85 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Auburn. See the King County roll-up →

Auburn sits in the lower half of King County on income: Seattle, Renton and Bellevue report more, and only Federal Way reports less. Sammamish marks the far end of that range at $247,182, 141% above Auburn.

Side-by-side: Compare 98092 vs 98001 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
98092 39,816 $122,300 669 346
98001 31,911 $106,791 1,328 662
98002 31,647 $78,684 1,074 1,699

Auburn roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Auburn, .