Aurora vs Pantego

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (620 vs 445 in Pantego). Pantego has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $43,750 in Aurora). Pantego has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $97,000 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Pantego
Population	620	445
Median age	39.5 yrs	9.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$67,500
Median home value	$97,000	$107,500
Median gross rent	$563	$835
Housing units	295	108
Homeownership rate	47.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Pantego
Population	743 → 620 (-16.6%)	201 → 445 (+121.4%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $43,750 (+19.8%)	$88,125 → $67,500 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $97,000 (+15.3%)	$129,200 → $107,500 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $563 (-10.6%)	$663 → $835 (+25.9%)

Aurora

Population

743620

Median household income

$36,528$43,750

Median home value

$84,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$630$563

Pantego

Population

201445

Median household income

$88,125$67,500

Median home value

$129,200$107,500

Median gross rent

$663$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Pantego
Under 5	3.9%	21.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	44.9%
18 to 24	16.9%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	3.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	3.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	2.2%
75 and over	5.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Pantego
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	34.4%
Black or African American	45.3%	5.4%
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	10.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	60.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Pantego
No high school diploma	13.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	51.8%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Pantego
Drove alone	85.8%	93.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Pantego
1-unit, detached	45.4%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Pantego
Poverty rate	27.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.91	4.73
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1973	1960