Aurora vs Manchester

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

Aurora and Manchester 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 84 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($80,865 vs $46,733 in Aurora). Manchester has the higher median home value ($420,500 vs $123,600 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Manchester
Population	3,704	84
Median age	42.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,733	$80,865
Median home value	$123,600	$420,500
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	1,747	35
Homeownership rate	63.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Manchester
Population	3,995 → 3,704 (-7.3%)	—
Median household income	$45,281 → $46,733 (+3.2%)	—
Median home value	$115,000 → $123,600 (+7.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$742 → $750 (+1.1%)	—

Aurora

Population

3,9953,704

Median household income

$45,281$46,733

Median home value

$115,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$742$750

Manchester

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Manchester
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	24.0%	36.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	28.6%
75 and over	5.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Manchester
No high school diploma	10.9%	31.6%
High school graduate	47.3%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Manchester
Drove alone	82.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	30.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Manchester
1-unit, detached	71.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Manchester
Poverty rate	22.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1951	1983