Aurora vs Union Springs

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

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

Union Springs has the higher population (1,274 vs 672 in Aurora). Union Springs has the higher median household income ($95,282 vs $81,875 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $163,400 in Union Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Union Springs
Population	672	1,274
Median age	21.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$95,282
Median home value	$275,000	$163,400
Median gross rent	$1,281	$875
Housing units	171	535
Homeownership rate	79.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Union Springs
Population	661 → 672 (+1.7%)	1,042 → 1,274 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $81,875 (+1.3%)	$65,750 → $95,282 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $275,000 (+18.6%)	$118,500 → $163,400 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,281 (+18.3%)	$547 → $875 (+60.0%)

Aurora

Population

661672

Median household income

$80,833$81,875

Median home value

$231,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,281

Union Springs

Population

1,0421,274

Median household income

$65,750$95,282

Median home value

$118,500$163,400

Median gross rent

$547$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Union Springs
Under 5	1.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	4.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	62.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	2.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	1.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	5.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.3%
75 and over	7.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Union Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	83.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Union Springs
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	10.0%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Union Springs
Drove alone	43.8%	63.2%
Carpooled	0.3%	8.8%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	37.2%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	11.2%
Other means	5.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Union Springs
1-unit, detached	94.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Union Springs
Poverty rate	10.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	11	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938