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Aurora, CO

393,319 Population
162.5 square miles 2,420.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$39,083 ±$1,629 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $54,363 ±$714
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $49,071 ±$524
$81,395 ±$2,618 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $98,975 ±$1,528
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $89,302 ±$1,281

11% ±1.7% (43,113  ±6,634) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.3% 246,333 (±0.5% / ±15,747)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 540,517 (±0.4% / ±20,050)

27.9 minutes ±0.4 (4,913,875  ±197,322) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 26.8 34,285,724 (±0.3 / ±578,421)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25 61,639,016 (±0.3 / ±806,928)

Families

145,493 ±3,070 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,223,825 ±5,542
  • Colorado: 2,384,584 ±7,807
2.7 ±0.1 (390,960  ±1,363) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.4 2,951,681 (±0 / ±366)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 † 5,718,342 (±233 / ±-555,555,600)

5.6% ±1.3% (5,663  ±1,283) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 4.8% 36,327 (±0.5% / ±3,548)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 5% 70,204 (±0.4% / ±5,001)

Housing

150,920 ±3,292 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,291,034 ±1,658
  • Colorado: 2,590,205 ±2,107

$461,500 ±$9,058 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $596,800 ±$4,856
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $531,100 ±$4,869

16.7% ±1.9% (64,645  ±7,442.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 16% 473,283 (±0.7% / ±20,039.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 16.4% 946,956 (±0.5% / ±28,188)

Social

87.6% ±2.5% (226,594  ±7,657.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 92.4% 1,955,326 (±1% / ±22,140.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 93% 3,799,436 (±0.8% / ±30,855)
33.5% ±1.6% (86,622  ±4,343.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 49.4% 1,046,116 (±0.8% / ±15,915.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 45.9% 1,875,132 (±0.5% / ±21,209.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

21.4% ±1.7% (84,040  ±6,522) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12% † 359,596 (±2,240.8% / ±13,203)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.6% † 557,528 (±908.2% / ±15,883)

7.5% ±0.8% (22,278  ±2,344) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 6.3% 147,332 (±0.3% / ±7,122)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 7.4% 340,050 (±0.2% / ±10,540)
22,278 Total veterans ±2,344 19,644 Male ±2,187 2,634 Female ±773

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