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Aurora, IL

198,827 Population
45 square miles 4,417.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,650 ±$1,621 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $40,144 ±$321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $37,728 ±$260
$73,071 ±$5,736 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $75,379 ±$696
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $69,187 ±$585

11.4% ±0.9% (22,552  ±1,690) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.8% 1,105,111 (±0.1% / ±13,127)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,557,873 (±0.1% / ±15,279)

29.2 minutes ±0.8 (2,800,675  ±89,497) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 32 141,608,425 (±0.1 / ±549,149)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 29.2 170,463,115 (±0.1 / ±604,223)

Families

63,972 ±2,921 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,539,174 ±8,877
  • Illinois: 4,866,006 ±12,627
3.1 ±0.2 (197,056  ±6,831) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,296,823 (±0 / ±5,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,375,014 (±0)

3.1% ±1.4% (1,602  ±751) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 115,309 (±0.3% / ±6,107)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,037 (±0.2% / ±6,353)

Housing

69,856 ±2,947 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,869,464 ±2,169
  • Illinois: 5,388,210 ±605

$211,400 ±$7,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $253,800 ±$1,846
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $209,100 ±$1,514

12.8% ±2.9% (25,298  ±5,701.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.9% 1,112,506 (±0.3% / ±28,969.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,522,480 (±0.3% / ±33,672.9)

Social

79.7% ±2.7% (100,475  ±5,796.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.4% 5,795,555 (±0.6% / ±37,538)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 89.9% 7,812,057 (±0.5% / ±41,528.9)
34.3% ±2.4% (43,231  ±3,649.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 39.3% 2,544,458 (±0.4% / ±23,262.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 35.8% 3,108,972 (±0.3% / ±24,241.7)

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

26% ±2.6% (51,677  ±5,427) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.6% 1,661,568 (±0.3% / ±24,994)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,766,492 (±0.2% / ±24,346)

3.5% ±0.8% (5,037  ±1,118) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.4% 318,199 (±0.1% / ±8,881)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5.4% 526,153 (±0.1% / ±9,859)
5,037 Total veterans ±1,118 4,781 Male ±1,146 256 Female ±226

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