Aurora vs Babbitt

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (1,897 vs 1,420 in Babbitt). Babbitt has the higher median household income ($54,318 vs $42,406 in Aurora). Babbitt has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $88,700 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Babbitt
Population	1,897	1,420
Median age	52.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,406	$54,318
Median home value	$88,700	$96,000
Median gross rent	$471	$726
Housing units	1,094	836
Homeownership rate	75.6%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Babbitt
Population	1,775 → 1,897 (+6.9%)	1,419 → 1,420 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$38,536 → $42,406 (+10.0%)	$45,458 → $54,318 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $88,700 (+33.2%)	$75,300 → $96,000 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $471 (-18.5%)	$656 → $726 (+10.7%)

Aurora

Population

1,7751,897

Median household income

$38,536$42,406

Median home value

$66,600$88,700

Median gross rent

$578$471

Babbitt

Population

1,4191,420

Median household income

$45,458$54,318

Median home value

$75,300$96,000

Median gross rent

$656$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Babbitt
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	1.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.5%
75 and over	16.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Babbitt
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Babbitt
No high school diploma	13.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Babbitt
Drove alone	75.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Babbitt
1-unit, detached	69.5%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Babbitt
Poverty rate	21.5%	13.9%
Average household size	1.96	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1955	1958