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Aurora town, Brookings County, SD

1,407 Population
0.8 square miles 1,681.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Brookings County: 28 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,767 ±$4,014 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brookings County: $34,769 ±$1,483
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$90,612 ±$10,314 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Brookings County: $67,341 ±$4,801
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

2.1% ±1.3% (29  ±19) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Brookings County: 12.8% † 4,078 (±2.1% / ±665)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

16.6 minutes ±6.5 (13,250  ±3,563) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Brookings County: 13.8 229,825 (±0.7 / ±14,349)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

605 ±120 Number of households
  • Brookings County: 13,490 ±331
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.3 ±0.2 (1,407  ±293) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Brookings County: 2.4 31,701 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

11% ±4.8% (41  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Brookings County: 3.4% † 325 (±1.2% / ±114)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

632 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Brookings County: 15,025 ±62
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$219,100 ±$14,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Brookings County: $246,300 ±$8,167
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

16.2% ±13.9% (221  ±195.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brookings County: 24.2% † 8,375 (±2.9% / ±990)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

96.2% ±22.6% (885  ±147.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brookings County: 96.7% 18,426 (±4.6% / ±887.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
44.1% ±6.7% (406  ±91.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brookings County: 44% 8,376 (±3.1% / ±588.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±2.4% (56  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brookings County: 5.7% 1,978
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

9.3% ±4.4% (99  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Brookings County: 4.9% † 1,340 (±0.8% / ±222)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
99 Total veterans ±52 95 Male ±52 4 Female ±5

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