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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-AURORA-SPRINGS-MO · Aurora Springs, MO 341 pop · income 57th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Aurora Springs
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Aurora Springs on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hornbrook · lowest
33,750
Hornbrook · lowest
33,750 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #1
Weston · near
75,565
Weston · near
75,565 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #2
Prices Fork · near
75,568
Prices Fork · near
75,568 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #3
Aurora Springs · this city
75,573
Aurora Springs · this city
75,573 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #4
Williamstown · near
75,577
Williamstown · near
75,577 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #5
Groton · near
75,583
Groton · near
75,583 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #6
Walcott · highest
165,828
Walcott · highest
165,828 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Aurora Springs on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 341.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Aurora Springs lands in the 57th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
57th
percentile, household income
7th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Aurora Springs, MO
341 people live in Aurora Springs, Missouri - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Aurora Springs report a median income of $75,573 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 33.8%. The median resident age is 26.1 years. About 49.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 57.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: the state registers 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $972 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Missouri run around $219, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Aurora Springs's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Aurora Springs, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Aurora Springs?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Aurora Springs?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Armstrong (340 residents, $39,667 income); Bent Tree Harbor (342 residents); Harrisburg (344 residents, $51,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Walcott, AR (341 residents); Hornbrook, CA (341 residents); Buncombe, IL (341 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Above median income · poverty 33.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
C-
City profile score · Aurora Springs, MO
53/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A-
49.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income C
$75,573
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
33.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Aurora Springs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 49.1%
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Household income: 55/100 (C) · $75,573
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 33.8%
How does Aurora Springs compare to other US cities?
Aurora Springs measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income57% higher than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Aurora Springs against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Aurora Springs near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Aurora Springs ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Aurora Springs only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#175 of 842
79th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#55 of 875
93rd percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#57 of 875
93rd percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
57th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$75,573Aurora Springs, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Aurora Springs, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Aurora Springs, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)33.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
341
Median Income
$75,573
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
26.1
Poverty Rate
33.8%
Labor force participation
57.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
49.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
83.9%
Carpool
10.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.6%
Based on 124 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Aurora Springs. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Aurora Springs is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Aurora Springs sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Aurora Springs compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.