Auburn, West Virginia

Population

Down 5.0% since 2020.

76

people, the 227th-largest of West Virginia's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among West Virginia's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is up 63% since the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

$845

a month. West Virginia's median is $872.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $181.

A $181 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Ritchie County.

• $463 Tract 9624
• $644 Tract 9623

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 100% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 74% less than West Virginia's.

$41,700

median home value in Auburn.

• $41,700 Auburn
• $162,600 West Virginia
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year