Aurora vs St. Charles

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

Aurora and St. Charles 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 32,733 in St. Charles). St. Charles has the higher median household income ($115,350 vs $90,109 in Aurora). St. Charles has the higher median home value ($369,700 vs $260,400 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	St. Charles
Population	179,867	32,733
Median age	35.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,109	$115,350
Median home value	$260,400	$369,700
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,788
Housing units	63,492	13,780
Homeownership rate	66.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	St. Charles
Population	199,927 → 179,867 (-10.0%)	32,686 → 32,733 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$71,749 → $90,109 (+25.6%)	$98,393 → $115,350 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$184,400 → $260,400 (+41.2%)	$293,300 → $369,700 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,535 (+25.0%)	$1,288 → $1,788 (+38.8%)

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

St. Charles

Population

32,68632,733

Median household income

$98,393$115,350

Median home value

$293,300$369,700

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	St. Charles
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.9%
75 and over	3.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	75.7%
Black or African American	10.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	St. Charles
No high school diploma	17.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.0%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	St. Charles
Drove alone	67.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.3%
Public transit	3.6%	2.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.5%	14.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	58.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	St. Charles
Poverty rate	9.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1986	1985