Aurora Springs vs St. Elizabeth

A side-by-side comparison of Aurora Springs and St. Elizabeth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Elizabeth has the higher population (592 vs 341 in Aurora Springs). St. Elizabeth has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $75,573 in Aurora Springs). Since 2019, Aurora Springs's population has grown faster (+120.0% vs +56.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
Population	341	592
Median age	26.1 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,573	$93,438
Median home value	—	$270,700
Housing units	107	154
Homeownership rate	35.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
Population	155 → 341 (+120.0%)	378 → 592 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$20,750 → $75,573 (+264.2%)	$78,750 → $93,438 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$185,000 → $179,700 (-2.9%)	$123,400 → $270,700 (+119.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$619 → $910 (+47.0%)

Aurora Springs

Population

155341

Median household income

$20,750$75,573

Median home value

$185,000$179,700

St. Elizabeth

Population

378592

Median household income

$78,750$93,438

Median home value

$123,400$270,700

Median gross rent

$619$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
Under 5	21.4%	13.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	22.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.8%
75 and over	5.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	12.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	5.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
Drove alone	83.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
1-unit, detached	63.6%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora Springs	St. Elizabeth
Poverty rate	29.9%	2.6%
Average household size	3.19	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1990	1981