Auburn Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 25,485 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Auburn Hills is the 61st largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Auburn Hills is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Auburn Hills is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Auburn Hills who work in architecture and engineering (12.96%), office and administrative support (11.80%), and computer science and math (9.13%). Also of interest is that Auburn Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Auburn Hills ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Auburn Hills, 48.11% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Auburn Hills in 2022 was $44,309, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,236 for a family of four. However, Auburn Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Auburn Hills is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Auburn Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Auburn Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Auburn Hills include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Auburn Hills's cultural character, accounting for 21.24% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Auburn Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
