Aurora vs Hoyt Lakes

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

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

Hoyt Lakes has the higher population (2,074 vs 1,897 in Aurora). Hoyt Lakes has the higher median household income ($64,514 vs $42,406 in Aurora). Hoyt Lakes has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $88,700 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
Population	1,897	2,074
Median age	52.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,406	$64,514
Median home value	$88,700	$90,700
Median gross rent	$471	—
Housing units	1,094	941
Homeownership rate	75.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
Population	1,775 → 1,897 (+6.9%)	2,074 → 2,074 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$38,536 → $42,406 (+10.0%)	$54,063 → $64,514 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $88,700 (+33.2%)	$69,600 → $90,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $471 (-18.5%)	$615 → $745 (+21.1%)

Aurora

Population

1,7751,897

Median household income

$38,536$42,406

Median home value

$66,600$88,700

Median gross rent

$578$471

Hoyt Lakes

Population

2,0742,074

Median household income

$54,063$64,514

Median home value

$69,600$90,700

Median gross rent

$615$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
Under 5	4.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	18.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	16.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
No high school diploma	13.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
Drove alone	75.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	20.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
1-unit, detached	69.5%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Hoyt Lakes
Poverty rate	21.5%	10.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1955	—