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Place dossier plate
SheetOH-AURORA-OH · Aurora, OH 17,386 pop · income 89th pct
Nearest income peer: Ko Olina, HI (+ $10 income $)
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
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Aurora on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
El Dorado · lowest
45,159
El Dorado · lowest
45,159 median HH income
36.0% of the leader · rank #1
Navarre Beach · near
125,545
Navarre Beach · near
125,545 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Juno Ridge · near
125,556
Juno Ridge · near
125,556 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Aurora · this city
125,567
Aurora · this city
125,567 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Ko Olina · near
125,577
Ko Olina · near
125,577 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Dumont · near
125,585
Dumont · near
125,585 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
West Hartford · highest
125,616
West Hartford · highest
125,616 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Aurora on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 17,386.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Aurora - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Aurora places in the 89th percentile for household income and the 89th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
89th
percentile, household income
74th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
89th
percentile, safety
📝 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, OH
Aurora is a small town in Ohio, home to 17,386 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $125,567 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.7%. Typical homes in Aurora are valued around $371,400, and the median resident age is 46.2 years. Educational attainment runs 57.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 59.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 77 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Stable), up 1% from five years earlier. Aurora reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 397.3 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: the state registers 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,092 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Ohio's average monthly utility costs around $228 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Aurora'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 comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Aurora, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Aurora?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Streetsboro (17,514 residents, $82,273 income); Eastlake (17,538 residents, $62,510 income); New Philadelphia (17,563 residents, $60,932 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are El Dorado, AR (17,382 residents); Rancho Mirage, CA (17,375 residents); South Venice, FL (17,399 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +750 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 77 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Aurora?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 57.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Aurora?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$125,567
Home value
$371,400
Value / income
3.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Aurora?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 397.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 83% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
380.5
Violent rate
16.8
Total reported rate
397.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
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.
Violent crime A+
17 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
57.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$125,567
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A
1.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Aurora profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 93/100 (A+) · 17 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 90/100 (A+) · 57.4%
Household income: 88/100 (A) · $125,567
Poverty rate: 88/100 (A) · 1.7%
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Where Aurora sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Aurora's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Aurora highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Aurora, OH (this city): home $371,400, crime 397/100k
El Dorado, AR : home $113,100, crime 4,806/100k
Rancho Mirage, CA : home $747,800, crime 2,581/100k
Richmond Hill, GA : home $272,100, crime 1,234/100k
Wayne, MI : home $142,200, crime 1,995/100k
Streetsboro, OH : home $197,000, crime 1,788/100k
Eastlake, OH : home $168,300, crime 1,923/100k
New Philadelphia, OH : home $164,600, crime 628/100k
Norwalk, OH : home $156,000, crime 653/100k
North Canton, OH : home $194,200, crime 1,149/100k
How does Aurora compare to other US cities?
Here's how Aurora stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value74% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety89% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Ohio and the picture shifts: Aurora ranks #31 of 281 Ohio cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Aurora against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Aurora near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Aurora ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Aurora only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#66 of 1,145
94th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#63 of 1,164
95th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#964 of 1,196
19th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#80 of 1,196
93rd percentile in Ohio
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 Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
89th percentile nationally for median household income · 89th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Aurora's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Aurora's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Aurora's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$371,40026th percentilemore affordable than 26% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Aurora's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,463 of 15,516
More affordable than 58% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#843 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.0×, Aurora sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,463 of 15,516 and #843 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$125,567Aurora, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Aurora, OH 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, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)57.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
17,386
Median Income
$125,567
Median Home Value
$371,400
Median Age
46.2
Poverty Rate
1.7%
Labor force participation
59.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
57.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
397.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
16.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
380.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Aurora's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
17,264 residents
2021
17,309 residents
2022
17,504 residents
2023
17,704 residents
2024
17,890 residents
2025
18,014 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
77
housing units authorized
Single-Family
58
detached homes
Multifamily
19
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
76
76
0
$24.0M
2020
49
49
0
$23.0M
2021
107
67
40
$33.0M
2022
94
59
35
$32.8M
2023
98
73
25
$36.6M
2024
77
58
19
$33.5M
Permit volume increased 1% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.7%
Carpool
4.8%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
18.0%
Other
1.8%
Based on 8,010 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Aurora. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Aurora is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Aurora sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Aurora compares to similar-size Ohio 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.