Michigan · Census place 2604105

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 26,047 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 44th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
26,047
#44 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+6.9%
+1,690 people
Land area
16.6 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,565 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Auburn Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Auburn Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Auburn Hills added 1,690 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.9%. In the latest year it moved by +534. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Auburn Hills is 2.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 24,365. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Auburn Hills covers 16.64 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,565 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Auburn Hills is less dense than the typical town.

What county Auburn Hills is in

All of Auburn Hills's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Auburn Hills holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Auburn Hills

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Auburn Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48326. 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 Hills is

The Census internal point of Auburn Hills is at 42.674700, -83.243600. Lansing, the capital, is 66.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pontiac, MI (62,528 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 12.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.674700, -83.243600
DMS
42°40'28.92"N 83°14'36.96"W
UTM
17N 316162.2E 4727132.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JRMQF4+VH

Daylight in Auburn Hills

At 42.67° N, Auburn Hills gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Auburn Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Pontiac, 2.8 miles away, with 62,528 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Auburn Hills, MI?

26,047 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,690 (6.9%) from 24,357 in July 2020.

What county is Auburn Hills in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Auburn Hills?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48326.

How far is Auburn Hills from Lansing?

66.7 miles (107.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Auburn Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Auburn Hills?

Pontiac, MI, with 62,528 residents, 2.9 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.

  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.