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Aurora, CO

389,675 Population
160 square miles 2,436 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.6 ±0.2

Economics

$35,054 ±$1,269 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $48,530 ±$662
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $44,617 ±$467
$71,647 ±$2,550 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $90,716 ±$1,559
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $82,254 ±$791

11.2% ±1.5% (43,327  ±5,780) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.4% 246,608 (±0.5% / ±14,133)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 553,272 (±0.4% / ±20,121)

28.5 minutes ±0.8 (4,581,380  ±216,554) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 26.7 31,111,696 (±0.3 / ±537,730)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25 56,953,656 (±0.2 / ±643,480)

Families

140,003 ±3,153 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,192,117 ±4,939
  • Colorado: 2,313,042 ±8,099
2.8 ±0.1 (387,831  ±1,625) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.5 2,942,432 (±0 / ±3,349)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,699,351 (±0)

5.4% ±1.4% (5,440  ±1,359) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 4.1% † 30,838 (±0.4% / ±3,327)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.4% 62,000 (±0.3% / ±4,537)

Housing

149,636 ±3,371 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,265,033 ±1,797
  • Colorado: 2,540,783 ±353

$411,400 ±$8,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $519,600 ±$5,645
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $466,200 ±$2,390

17.4% ±2% (66,825  ±7,725.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 16.3% 479,431 (±0.6% / ±18,854.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 963,147 (±0.5% / ±27,895.6)

Social

84.9% ±2.5% (220,664  ±7,538.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.9% 1,928,043 (±1% / ±20,780.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,738,208 (±0.8% / ±30,604.4)
33.8% ±1.8% (87,917  ±4,834.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 47.8% 1,003,798 (±0.7% / ±13,695.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 44.4% 1,796,240 (±0.5% / ±19,067.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

22.3% ±1.8% (86,782  ±6,974) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12.3% 366,701 (±0.4% / ±10,816)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 570,273 (±0.2% / ±13,679)

7.1% ±0.7% (20,834  ±2,202) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 6.3% 147,641 (±0.3% / ±6,268)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,485 (±0.2% / ±9,719)
20,834 Total veterans ±2,202 18,644 Male ±2,086 2,190 Female ±626

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