Aurora vs Pierce City

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (7,331 vs 1,472 in Pierce City). Aurora has the higher median household income ($46,855 vs $45,000 in Pierce City). Pierce City has the higher median home value ($112,000 vs $108,700 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Pierce City
Population	7,331	1,472
Median age	42.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,855	$45,000
Median home value	$108,700	$112,000
Median gross rent	$766	$779
Housing units	3,471	567
Homeownership rate	67.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Pierce City
Population	7,438 → 7,331 (-1.4%)	1,271 → 1,472 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $46,855 (+20.9%)	$37,500 → $45,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $108,700 (+38.3%)	$87,800 → $112,000 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $766 (+9.7%)	$642 → $779 (+21.3%)

Aurora

Population

7,4387,331

Median household income

$38,750$46,855

Median home value

$78,600$108,700

Median gross rent

$698$766

Pierce City

Population

1,2711,472

Median household income

$37,500$45,000

Median home value

$87,800$112,000

Median gross rent

$642$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Pierce City
Under 5	3.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	30.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	3.8%
75 and over	9.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Pierce City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	70.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Pierce City
No high school diploma	18.6%	17.0%
High school graduate	42.0%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Pierce City
Drove alone	74.5%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.8%	24.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Pierce City
1-unit, detached	72.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Pierce City
Poverty rate	17.2%	29.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1973	1967