Georgia · Census place 1304140

Auburn, Georgia

Auburn is a city in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 10,094 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,094
#100 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+33.5%
+2,534 people
Land area
6.8 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,491 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Auburn. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Auburn population, 2020 to 2024

Auburn added 2,534 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +33.5%. In the latest year it moved by +386. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Auburn is 62% of it.

7,56020208,08820218,86620229,708202310.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,501. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Auburn covers 6.77 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,491 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Auburn is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Auburn spans

Auburn crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,094 residents as follows; Barrow County holds 97.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Barrow County9,807
  2. 02Gwinnett County287
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Auburn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Auburn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30011. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Auburn is

The Census internal point of Auburn is at 34.015200, -83.833700. Atlanta, the capital, is 36.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Braselton, GA (17,390 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 27.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.015200, -83.833700
DMS
34°00'54.72"N 83°50'1.32"W
UTM
17N 238320.3E 3767463.1N
Geohash
dnh3s260v
Plus code
866R2588+3G

Daylight in Auburn

At 34.02° N, Auburn gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Auburn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Dacula, 4.5 miles away, with 8,018 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Auburn, GA?

10,094 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,534 (33.5%) from 7,560 in July 2020.

What county is Auburn in?

It spans 2 counties: Barrow County (9,807 residents), Gwinnett County (287 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Auburn?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30011.

How far is Auburn from Atlanta?

36.7 miles (59.1 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Auburn.

What is the nearest larger city to Auburn?

Braselton, GA, with 17,390 residents, 6.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.