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Aurora, CO

379,312 Population
154.3 square miles 2,458.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,986 ±$1,260 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $44,806 ±$607
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $41,053 ±$392
$69,235 ±$3,019 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $85,641 ±$1,147
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $77,127 ±$791

9.4% ±1.5% (35,295  ±5,455) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.9% 232,135 (±0.4% / ±12,967)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 526,979 (±0.4% / ±20,810)

30.4 minutes ±1 (5,751,265  ±248,344) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 28.8 42,402,755 (±0.3 / ±591,785)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 26.5 72,596,665 (±0.2 / ±749,328)

Families

136,443 ±2,693 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,152,457 ±4,669
  • Colorado: 2,235,103 ±10,026
2.8 ±0.1 (377,518  ±1,046) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.5 2,931,962 (±0 / ±3,175)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,639,595 (±0)

3.9% ±1.1% (3,792  ±1,067) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 4.5% † 33,324 (±0.5% / ±3,504)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.6% 64,252 (±0.3% / ±4,766)

Housing

141,909 ±3,185 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,216,335 ±1,980
  • Colorado: 2,464,109 ±480

$343,000 ±$6,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $437,800 ±$3,045
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $394,600 ±$2,695

19.4% ±2.3% (72,896  ±8,598.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.1% 501,861 (±0.7% / ±19,335.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 1,005,837 (±0.5% / ±26,376.8)

Social

88.3% ±2.9% (220,837  ±7,779.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 92.2% 1,912,856 (±1% / ±19,814.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,672,723 (±0.7% / ±28,660.2)
31.1% ±1.6% (77,875  ±4,200.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 45.8% 950,271 (±0.6% / ±12,476.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 42.7% 1,695,602 (±0.4% / ±17,719.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

20.9% ±1.5% (79,418  ±5,631) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 11.9% 351,924 (±0.4% / ±11,731)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 546,889 (±0.2% / ±13,476)

7.9% ±0.7% (22,387  ±1,969) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.1% 164,527 (±0.2% / ±5,287)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 8.2% 367,292 (±0.2% / ±9,171)
22,387 Total veterans ±1,969 20,010 Male ±2,048 2,377 Female ±873

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