Aurora vs Phillips

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

Aurora and Phillips 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 376 in Phillips). Phillips has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $71,051 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median home value ($221,700 vs $140,400 in Phillips).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Phillips
Population	4,665	376
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,051	$78,750
Median home value	$221,700	$140,400
Median gross rent	$747	$695
Housing units	2,033	125
Homeownership rate	78.9%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Phillips
Population	4,497 → 4,665 (+3.7%)	299 → 376 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$61,269 → $71,051 (+16.0%)	$48,333 → $78,750 (+62.9%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $221,700 (+54.6%)	$90,800 → $140,400 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $747 (-0.4%)	$700 → $695 (-0.7%)

Aurora

Population

4,4974,665

Median household income

$61,269$71,051

Median home value

$143,400$221,700

Median gross rent

$750$747

Phillips

Population

299376

Median household income

$48,333$78,750

Median home value

$90,800$140,400

Median gross rent

$700$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Phillips
Under 5	7.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	24.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.9%
75 and over	10.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Phillips
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Phillips
No high school diploma	1.5%	20.9%
High school graduate	25.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Phillips
Drove alone	78.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Phillips
1-unit, detached	78.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Phillips
Poverty rate	7.4%	24.6%
Average household size	2.67	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1973	1973