Aurora vs Gilbert

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

Aurora and Gilbert 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 1,693 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($62,625 vs $42,406 in Aurora). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $88,700 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Gilbert
Population	1,897	1,693
Median age	52.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,406	$62,625
Median home value	$88,700	$116,200
Median gross rent	$471	$598
Housing units	1,094	847
Homeownership rate	75.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Gilbert
Population	1,775 → 1,897 (+6.9%)	1,850 → 1,693 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$38,536 → $42,406 (+10.0%)	$53,846 → $62,625 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $88,700 (+33.2%)	$92,500 → $116,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $471 (-18.5%)	$671 → $598 (-10.9%)

Aurora

Population

1,7751,897

Median household income

$38,536$42,406

Median home value

$66,600$88,700

Median gross rent

$578$471

Gilbert

Population

1,8501,693

Median household income

$53,846$62,625

Median home value

$92,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$671$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Gilbert
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.2%
75 and over	16.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Gilbert
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Gilbert
No high school diploma	13.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	35.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Gilbert
Drove alone	75.8%	88.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	3.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.6%	2.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Gilbert
1-unit, detached	69.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Gilbert
Poverty rate	21.5%	9.8%
Average household size	1.96	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1955	1953