Auburn — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
Residents of ZIP code 03291, which falls in the Auburn area, face a county-level property tax rate of 1.58%. That figure sits above what many parts of the country charge, so homeowners here hand over a meaningful share of their property's value each year. What offsets some of that pressure is the combined sales tax rate of 0.00%, meaning everyday purchases carry no added state or local tax at the register. Taken together, the profile points to a working-class or middle-income community where property ownership carries a real annual cost, while day-to-day spending does not.