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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.52 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, Aurora is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.85% of adults in Aurora have a college degree.
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.
Aurora also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.05%.
The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
