Aurora vs Dillsboro

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (3,704 vs 1,809 in Dillsboro). Aurora has the higher median household income ($46,733 vs $46,591 in Dillsboro). Dillsboro has the higher median home value ($137,700 vs $123,600 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Dillsboro
Population	3,704	1,809
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,733	$46,591
Median home value	$123,600	$137,700
Median gross rent	$750	$940
Housing units	1,747	765
Homeownership rate	63.1%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Dillsboro
Population	3,995 → 3,704 (-7.3%)	1,569 → 1,809 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$45,281 → $46,733 (+3.2%)	$40,341 → $46,591 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $123,600 (+7.5%)	$102,000 → $137,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $750 (+1.1%)	$779 → $940 (+20.7%)

Aurora

Population

3,9953,704

Median household income

$45,281$46,733

Median home value

$115,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$742$750

Dillsboro

Population

1,5691,809

Median household income

$40,341$46,591

Median home value

$102,000$137,700

Median gross rent

$779$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Dillsboro
Under 5	3.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	24.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.2%
75 and over	5.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Dillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Dillsboro
No high school diploma	10.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	47.3%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Dillsboro
Drove alone	82.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Dillsboro
1-unit, detached	71.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	15.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Dillsboro
Poverty rate	22.5%	19.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1951	1963