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Aurora, IL

180,791 Population
45.1 square miles 4,012 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,085 ±$2,294 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,948 ±$510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,784 ±$8,416 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,770 ±$879
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.1% ±2.2% (16,321  ±3,865) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,026,828 (±0.3% / ±23,643)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.6 minutes ±0.9 (2,446,035  ±154,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.9 125,151,910 (±0.2 / ±1,209,442)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

64,331 ±2,662 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,690,402 ±9,692
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (179,214  ±4,394) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,254,461 (±0 / ±1,750)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±2.4% (2,629  ±1,165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.6% 104,224 (±0.3% / ±6,102)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

65,480 ±2,708 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,924,020 ±943
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$289,100 ±$12,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $339,700 ±$1,930
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±2.3% (20,661  ±4,110.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.2% 945,818 (±0.3% / ±31,727.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

83.4% ±3.2% (99,933  ±5,413.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 90% 5,903,400 (±0.7% / ±42,582.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41% ±2.7% (49,156  ±3,725.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 43.1% 2,825,577 (±0.4% / ±27,146)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

29% ±2.7% (52,383  ±5,016) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 19.4% 1,825,700 (±0.3% / ±28,683)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.7% ±0.8% (5,204  ±1,161) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.6% 266,098 (±0.1% / ±7,628)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,204 Total veterans ±1,161 4,921 Male ±1,141 283 Female ±254

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