Aurora vs Brooks

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (1,104 vs 501 in Brooks). Brooks has the higher median household income ($120,813 vs $115,187 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median home value ($514,800 vs $348,200 in Brooks).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Brooks
Population	1,104	501
Median age	49.8 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,187	$120,813
Median home value	$514,800	$348,200
Median gross rent	$2,313	—
Housing units	498	81
Homeownership rate	94.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Brooks
Population	1,045 → 1,104 (+5.6%)	492 → 501 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$87,632 → $115,187 (+31.4%)	$52,396 → $120,813 (+130.6%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $514,800 (+44.1%)	$183,800 → $348,200 (+89.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,557 → $2,313 (+48.6%)	—

Aurora

Population

1,0451,104

Median household income

$87,632$115,187

Median home value

$357,300$514,800

Median gross rent

$1,557$2,313

Brooks

Population

492501

Median household income

$52,396$120,813

Median home value

$183,800$348,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Brooks
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.0%	36.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	17.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.2%	28.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	17.1%	3.2%
75 and over	7.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Brooks
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	78.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	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	4.1%	20.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Brooks
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Brooks
Drove alone	72.9%	47.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	47.2%
Public transit	1.4%	2.8%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	2.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Brooks
1-unit, detached	87.8%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Brooks
Poverty rate	3.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	6.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1993	1971