With 560 people, Aurora is a city in North Carolina. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $87,300. 26.2% of people here live below the federal poverty line. The foreign-born share is 0%. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 36%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,131, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 18%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Aurora
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$108,963 → $87,300(−20%)US over the same years: +67%
White share58.5% → 54.5%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age28.8 → 42.5(+13.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.8%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.8%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.1%(8)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 19 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Aurora, decade by decade
Aurora population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
673
$42,335
$108,963
9.1%
62.0
2000
583
$47,212
$106,020
8.6%
64.9
2010
520
$53,250
$144,864
9.9%
69.3
2020
455
$46,089
$96,236
5.5%
67.1
2024
560
$46,131
$87,300
14.8%
70.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
