Aurora vs Lawrenceburg

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

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

Lawrenceburg has the higher population (5,155 vs 3,704 in Aurora). Lawrenceburg has the higher median household income ($52,778 vs $46,733 in Aurora). Lawrenceburg has the higher median home value ($191,400 vs $123,600 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
Population	3,704	5,155
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,733	$52,778
Median home value	$123,600	$191,400
Median gross rent	$750	$733
Housing units	1,747	2,582
Homeownership rate	63.1%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
Population	3,995 → 3,704 (-7.3%)	4,981 → 5,155 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$45,281 → $46,733 (+3.2%)	$29,525 → $52,778 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $123,600 (+7.5%)	$140,900 → $191,400 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $750 (+1.1%)	$703 → $733 (+4.3%)

Aurora

Population

3,9953,704

Median household income

$45,281$46,733

Median home value

$115,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$742$750

Lawrenceburg

Population

4,9815,155

Median household income

$29,525$52,778

Median home value

$140,900$191,400

Median gross rent

$703$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
Under 5	3.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	24.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.1%
75 and over	5.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
Drove alone	82.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.2%
Other means	1.5%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
1-unit, detached	71.0%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	19.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Lawrenceburg
Poverty rate	22.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.18	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1951	1977