Auburn, IN, Indiana: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+47%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 43,8072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,3312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Auburn, IN, INOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,064 | 14,377 | 19,831 | ||
| R | 4,966 | 14,237 | 19,628 | ||
| R | 3,941 | 12,054 | 16,995 | ||
| R | 5,419 | 10,587 | 16,360 | ||
| R | 7,175 | 9,780 | 17,149 | ||
| R | 4,810 | 10,468 | 15,403 | ||
| R | 4,776 | 8,701 | 13,785 | ||
| R | 4,840 | 6,851 | 13,339 | ||
| R | 4,652 | 6,682 | 15,022 | ||
| R | 4,657 | 9,018 | 13,716 | ||
| R | 4,617 | 8,769 | 13,528 | ||
| R | 4,911 | 7,886 | 13,950 | ||
| R | 6,151 | 7,860 | 14,246 | ||
| R | 4,354 | 8,834 | 13,297 | ||
| R | 4,790 | 7,650 | 13,438 | ||
| D | 7,559 | 6,210 | 13,889 | ||
| R | 5,277 | 8,957 | 14,295 | ||
| R | 4,435 | 9,061 | 13,575 | ||
| R | 4,347 | 8,713 | 13,476 | ||
| R | 5,439 | 6,941 | 12,652 | ||
| R | 4,810 | 7,479 | 12,387 | ||
| R | 5,690 | 7,676 | 13,426 | ||
| D | 6,970 | 5,848 | 13,027 | ||
| D | 7,235 | 5,590 | 12,981 | ||
| R | 4,077 | 7,373 | 11,514 | ||
| R | 4,133 | 6,093 | 11,154 | ||
| R | 4,750 | 6,514 | 11,560 | ||
| D | 3,372 | 2,898 | 6,657 | ||
| D | 2,766 | 1,125 | 6,211 | ||
| D | 3,684 | 2,991 | 7,052 | ||
| R | 2,827 | 3,416 | 6,836 | ||
| D | 3,488 | 3,218 | 6,979 | ||
| D | 3,678 | 3,137 | 6,886 | ||
| D | 2,801 | 2,499 | 6,244 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.1%
English
14.5%
Irish
9.4%
American
9.1%
Polish
2.4%
Italian
2.2%
French
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$74,331
Auburn, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Auburn, IN$74,331
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.7%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.2%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The Democratic margin in Auburn, IN peaked at twenty-six points in 1912. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $74,331 sits well below state and national norms, and 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Auburn, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Auburn, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 47.0 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,831 votes cast, 5,064 went Democratic and 14,377 went Republican.
What is Auburn, IN, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Auburn, IN, Indiana as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
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 38 presidential elections in Auburn, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.