Aurora vs St. Paul

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

Aurora and St. Paul 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 450 in St. Paul). Aurora has the higher median household income ($115,187 vs $113,000 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($523,900 vs $514,800 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	St. Paul
Population	1,104	450
Median age	49.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,187	$113,000
Median home value	$514,800	$523,900
Median gross rent	$2,313	$1,518
Housing units	498	164
Homeownership rate	94.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	St. Paul
Population	1,045 → 1,104 (+5.6%)	480 → 450 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$87,632 → $115,187 (+31.4%)	$90,179 → $113,000 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $514,800 (+44.1%)	$330,600 → $523,900 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,557 → $2,313 (+48.6%)	$1,125 → $1,518 (+34.9%)

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

St. Paul

Population

480450

Median household income

$90,179$113,000

Median home value

$330,600$523,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	St. Paul
Under 5	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	7.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	81.3%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	St. Paul
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	18.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	St. Paul
Drove alone	72.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	87.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	St. Paul
Poverty rate	3.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1993	1984