Aurora vs Bright

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

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

Bright has the higher population (5,735 vs 3,704 in Aurora). Bright has the higher median household income ($111,140 vs $46,733 in Aurora). Bright has the higher median home value ($246,600 vs $123,600 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Bright
Population	3,704	5,735
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,733	$111,140
Median home value	$123,600	$246,600
Median gross rent	$750	$834
Housing units	1,747	2,235
Homeownership rate	63.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Bright
Population	3,995 → 3,704 (-7.3%)	5,816 → 5,735 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$45,281 → $46,733 (+3.2%)	$75,942 → $111,140 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $123,600 (+7.5%)	$181,600 → $246,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $750 (+1.1%)	$715 → $834 (+16.6%)

Aurora

Population

3,9953,704

Median household income

$45,281$46,733

Median home value

$115,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$742$750

Bright

Population

5,8165,735

Median household income

$75,942$111,140

Median home value

$181,600$246,600

Median gross rent

$715$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Bright
Under 5	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	24.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	14.1%
75 and over	5.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Bright
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Bright
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Bright
Drove alone	82.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	15.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Bright
1-unit, detached	71.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Bright
Poverty rate	22.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1951	1994