AL area data
Auburn University, AL
Auburn University, AL.
Population: 5,241 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 370.8 (+2.6% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 88.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 16.1¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- lightning, drought, heatWave, hurricane, inlandFlooding
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 55.1 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 3
- Nearest national park
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (21 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Auburn University Regional Airport (AUO) (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Columbus Airport (CSG) (24 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 16
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.8 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 40
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.6 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 49,196
- Average weekly wage
- $865
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services, Health Care
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 1,716
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