Aurora vs Pinetown

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

Aurora and Pinetown 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 18 in Pinetown). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (-16.6% vs -82.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Pinetown
Population	620	18
Median age	39.5 yrs	—
Median household income	$43,750	—
Median home value	$97,000	—
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	295	78
Homeownership rate	47.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Pinetown
Population	743 → 620 (-16.6%)	103 → 18 (-82.5%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $43,750 (+19.8%)	—
Median home value	$84,100 → $97,000 (+15.3%)	$68,000 → $59,300 (-12.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $563 (-10.6%)	—

Aurora

Population

743620

Median household income

$36,528$43,750

Median home value

$84,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$630$563

Pinetown

Population

10318

Median home value

$68,000$59,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Pinetown
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	16.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	100.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	0.0%
75 and over	5.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Pinetown
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	45.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Pinetown
No high school diploma	13.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.8%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Pinetown
Drove alone	85.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	0.0%
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	Pinetown
1-unit, detached	45.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Pinetown
Poverty rate	27.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1973	1984