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Aurora, CO

379,434 Population
160.1 square miles 2,369.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,993 ±$745 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $43,427 ±$268
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $39,545 ±$212
$67,723 ±$1,466 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $83,289 ±$608
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $75,231 ±$379

10.5% ±0.8% (39,445  ±3,041) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.3% 239,529 (±0.2% / ±6,623)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 544,232 (±0.2% / ±9,500)

29.9 minutes ±0.5 (5,376,795  ±114,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 27.9 38,812,945 (±0.2 / ±275,700)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.8 67,224,980 (±0.1 / ±374,536)

Families

133,062 ±1,306 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,097,674 ±2,374
  • Colorado: 2,137,402 ±4,703
2.8 ±0 (377,229  ±554) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,893,651 (±0 / ±1,384)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,565,331 (±0)

5.1% ±0.7% (4,905  ±637) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 4.8% 35,538 (±0.2% / ±1,611)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,925 (±0.2% / ±2,020)

Housing

139,091 ±1,157 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,156,748 ±685
  • Colorado: 2,361,372 ±816

$322,200 ±$3,006 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $411,800 ±$1,656
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $369,900 ±$1,187

18% ±0.9% (67,465  ±3,203.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.1% 494,560 (±0.3% / ±8,498.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 989,926 (±0.2% / ±12,483.5)

Social

87.4% ±1.3% (219,779  ±3,596.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.6% 1,866,771 (±0.5% / ±10,173.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.1% 3,591,969 (±0.4% / ±14,618.8)
30% ±0.8% (75,402  ±1,997.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 44.7% 911,121 (±0.3% / ±6,886.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 41.6% 1,622,853 (±0.3% / ±9,730.8)

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

20.6% ±0.7% (78,193  ±2,457) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 11.8% 346,314 (±0.2% / ±5,348)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 539,514 (±0.1% / ±6,492)

8.3% ±0.4% (23,527  ±1,038) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7% 158,183 (±0.1% / ±2,861)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 370,677 (±0.1% / ±4,887)
23,527 Total veterans ±1,038 20,962 Male ±974 2,565 Female ±385

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