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Auburn, Kansas

Auburn is a city in Shawnee County, Kansas with an estimated 1,272 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 165th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,272; #165 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: -0.5%; -6 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 1,817 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Auburn. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Auburn population, 2020 to 2024

Auburn lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,280. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Auburn covers 0.70 square miles of land, for 1,817 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Auburn is denser than the typical town.

What county Auburn is in

All of Auburn's residents live in Shawnee County, which had 177,942 residents in 2024. Auburn holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

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: 66402. 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 38.907800, -95.815600. Topeka, the capital, is 12.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carbondale, KS (1,306 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 10.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.907800, -95.815600
DMS: 38°54'28.08"N 95°48'56.16"W
UTM: 15N 255855.2E 4310314.5N
Geohash: 9ygv7dvnq
Plus code: 86C6W55M+4Q

Daylight in Auburn

At 38.91° N, Auburn gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 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 Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Carbondale, 8.9 miles away, with 1,306 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Auburn, KS?

1,272 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.5%) from 1,278 in July 2020.

What county is Auburn in?

Shawnee County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Auburn?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66402.

How far is Auburn from Topeka?

12.1 miles (19.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Auburn.

What is the nearest larger city to Auburn?

Carbondale, KS, with 1,306 residents, 8.9 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.

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