Aurora vs Carpentersville

A side-by-side comparison of Aurora and Carpentersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Aurora and Carpentersville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aurora has the higher population (179,867 vs 37,544 in Carpentersville). Aurora has the higher median household income ($90,109 vs $86,327 in Carpentersville). Aurora has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $225,200 in Carpentersville).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Carpentersville
Population	179,867	37,544
Median age	35.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,109	$86,327
Median home value	$260,400	$225,200
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,420
Housing units	63,492	12,023
Homeownership rate	66.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Carpentersville
Population	199,927 → 179,867 (-10.0%)	37,872 → 37,544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$71,749 → $90,109 (+25.6%)	$68,997 → $86,327 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$184,400 → $260,400 (+41.2%)	$171,600 → $225,200 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,535 (+25.0%)	$1,161 → $1,420 (+22.3%)

Aurora

Population

199,927179,867

Median household income

$71,749$90,109

Median home value

$184,400$260,400

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,535

Carpentersville

Population

37,87237,544

Median household income

$68,997$86,327

Median home value

$171,600$225,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Carpentersville
Under 5	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.0%
75 and over	3.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Carpentersville
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	32.1%
Black or African American	10.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	56.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Carpentersville
No high school diploma	17.9%	23.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Carpentersville
Drove alone	67.7%	73.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.4%
Public transit	3.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	8.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Carpentersville
1-unit, detached	58.0%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Carpentersville
Poverty rate	9.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.95	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1986	1977