Aurora vs Greendale

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

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

Greendale has the higher population (4,176 vs 3,704 in Aurora). Greendale has the higher median household income ($78,912 vs $46,733 in Aurora). Greendale has the higher median home value ($184,300 vs $123,600 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Greendale
Population	3,704	4,176
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,733	$78,912
Median home value	$123,600	$184,300
Median gross rent	$750	$577
Housing units	1,747	1,849
Homeownership rate	63.1%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Greendale
Population	3,995 → 3,704 (-7.3%)	4,279 → 4,176 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$45,281 → $46,733 (+3.2%)	$61,484 → $78,912 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $123,600 (+7.5%)	$131,900 → $184,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $750 (+1.1%)	$685 → $577 (-15.8%)

Aurora

Population

3,9953,704

Median household income

$45,281$46,733

Median home value

$115,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$742$750

Greendale

Population

4,2794,176

Median household income

$61,484$78,912

Median home value

$131,900$184,300

Median gross rent

$685$577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Greendale
Under 5	3.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	24.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.5%
75 and over	5.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Greendale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	98.8%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Greendale
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Greendale
Drove alone	82.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Greendale
1-unit, detached	71.0%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Greendale
Poverty rate	22.5%	10.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1951	1958