Aurora is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Aurora is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.
One downside of living in Aurora is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Aurora, the average commute to work is 30.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The overall education level of Aurora citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.85% of adults in Aurora have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Aurora in 2022 was $38,047, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,188 for a family of four. However, Aurora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Aurora is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aurora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aurora residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Aurora also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Aurora include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
In addition, Aurora has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.05%).
The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
