Aurora vs Washington Park

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

Aurora and Washington Park 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 470 in Washington Park). Washington Park has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $43,750 in Aurora). Washington Park has the higher median home value ($300,900 vs $97,000 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Washington Park
Population	620	470
Median age	39.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$86,875
Median home value	$97,000	$300,900
Median gross rent	$563	$1,000
Housing units	295	254
Homeownership rate	47.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Washington Park
Population	743 → 620 (-16.6%)	609 → 470 (-22.8%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $43,750 (+19.8%)	$76,250 → $86,875 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $97,000 (+15.3%)	$249,300 → $300,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $563 (-10.6%)	$1,025 → $1,000 (-2.4%)

Aurora

Population

743620

Median household income

$36,528$43,750

Median home value

$84,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$630$563

Washington Park

Population

609470

Median household income

$76,250$86,875

Median home value

$249,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Washington Park
Under 5	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	16.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.4%
75 and over	5.5%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	45.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Washington Park
No high school diploma	13.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	51.8%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Washington Park
Drove alone	85.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	45.4%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	38.3%	1.2%
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	Washington Park
Poverty rate	27.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1973	1957