Aurora vs Marquette

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (4,665 vs 257 in Marquette). Aurora has the higher median household income ($71,051 vs $62,083 in Marquette). Aurora has the higher median home value ($221,700 vs $107,700 in Marquette).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Marquette
Population	4,665	257
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,051	$62,083
Median home value	$221,700	$107,700
Median gross rent	$747	$1,021
Housing units	2,033	91
Homeownership rate	78.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Marquette
Population	4,497 → 4,665 (+3.7%)	243 → 257 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$61,269 → $71,051 (+16.0%)	$43,438 → $62,083 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $221,700 (+54.6%)	$63,200 → $107,700 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $747 (-0.4%)	$779 → $1,021 (+31.1%)

Aurora

Population

4,4974,665

Median household income

$61,269$71,051

Median home value

$143,400$221,700

Median gross rent

$750$747

Marquette

Population

243257

Median household income

$43,438$62,083

Median home value

$63,200$107,700

Median gross rent

$779$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Marquette
Under 5	7.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.9%
75 and over	10.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Marquette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Marquette
No high school diploma	1.5%	15.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Marquette
Drove alone	78.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Marquette
1-unit, detached	78.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Marquette
Poverty rate	7.4%	14.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1973	1938