Aurora vs River Road

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

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

River Road has the higher population (3,518 vs 620 in Aurora). River Road has the higher median household income ($47,978 vs $43,750 in Aurora). River Road has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $97,000 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	River Road
Population	620	3,518
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$47,978
Median home value	$97,000	$187,700
Median gross rent	$563	$787
Housing units	295	2,016
Homeownership rate	47.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	River Road
Population	743 → 620 (-16.6%)	3,826 → 3,518 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $43,750 (+19.8%)	$42,396 → $47,978 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $97,000 (+15.3%)	$148,700 → $187,700 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $563 (-10.6%)	$767 → $787 (+2.6%)

Aurora

Population

743620

Median household income

$36,528$43,750

Median home value

$84,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$630$563

River Road

Population

3,8263,518

Median household income

$42,396$47,978

Median home value

$148,700$187,700

Median gross rent

$767$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	River Road
Under 5	3.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	16.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.6%
75 and over	5.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	River Road
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	59.4%
Black or African American	45.3%	18.2%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	River Road
No high school diploma	13.6%	23.2%
High school graduate	51.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	River Road
Drove alone	85.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	River Road
1-unit, detached	45.4%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	38.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	River Road
Poverty rate	27.7%	21.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1973	1979