Aurora vs Cayuga

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (672 vs 513 in Cayuga). Cayuga has the higher median household income ($95,089 vs $81,875 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $142,000 in Cayuga).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Cayuga
Population	672	513
Median age	21.4 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$95,089
Median home value	$275,000	$142,000
Median gross rent	$1,281	$660
Housing units	171	232
Homeownership rate	79.3%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Cayuga
Population	661 → 672 (+1.7%)	454 → 513 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $81,875 (+1.3%)	$64,000 → $95,089 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $275,000 (+18.6%)	$112,800 → $142,000 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,281 (+18.3%)	$675 → $660 (-2.2%)

Aurora

Population

661672

Median household income

$80,833$81,875

Median home value

$231,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,281

Cayuga

Population

454513

Median household income

$64,000$95,089

Median home value

$112,800$142,000

Median gross rent

$675$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Cayuga
Under 5	1.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	4.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	62.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	2.8%	6.8%
45 to 54	1.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	5.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.0%
75 and over	7.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Cayuga
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Cayuga
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	10.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Cayuga
Drove alone	43.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.3%	8.9%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	37.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.5%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Cayuga
1-unit, detached	94.7%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Cayuga
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938