Aurora vs Fair Haven

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

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

Fair Haven has the higher population (956 vs 672 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $60,694 in Fair Haven). Aurora has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $184,100 in Fair Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Fair Haven
Population	672	956
Median age	21.4 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$60,694
Median home value	$275,000	$184,100
Median gross rent	$1,281	$476
Housing units	171	846
Homeownership rate	79.3%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Fair Haven
Population	661 → 672 (+1.7%)	806 → 956 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $81,875 (+1.3%)	$61,750 → $60,694 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $275,000 (+18.6%)	$110,000 → $184,100 (+67.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,281 (+18.3%)	$744 → $476 (-36.0%)

Aurora

Population

661672

Median household income

$80,833$81,875

Median home value

$231,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,281

Fair Haven

Population

806956

Median household income

$61,750$60,694

Median home value

$110,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$744$476

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Fair Haven
Under 5	1.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	4.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	62.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	2.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	1.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	5.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.4%
75 and over	7.0%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Fair Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Fair Haven
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	10.0%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Fair Haven
Drove alone	43.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	0.3%	6.8%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	37.2%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Fair Haven
1-unit, detached	94.7%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Fair Haven
Poverty rate	10.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	11	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945