Alvord vs Aurora

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (1,453 vs 1,318 in Alvord). Aurora has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $70,294 in Alvord). Aurora has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $201,400 in Alvord).

Population, income & housing

	Alvord	Aurora
Population	1,318	1,453
Median age	29.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,294	$87,708
Median home value	$201,400	$244,100
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,272
Housing units	491	505
Homeownership rate	66.6%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvord	Aurora
Population	1,260 → 1,318 (+4.6%)	1,452 → 1,453 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$58,889 → $70,294 (+19.4%)	$76,932 → $87,708 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $201,400 (+82.1%)	$262,000 → $244,100 (-6.8%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,050 (+25.6%)	$1,145 → $1,272 (+11.1%)

Alvord

Population

1,2601,318

Median household income

$58,889$70,294

Median home value

$110,600$201,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,050

Aurora

Population

1,4521,453

Median household income

$76,932$87,708

Median home value

$262,000$244,100

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvord	Aurora
Under 5	15.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	21.2%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.6%
75 and over	2.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvord	Aurora
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	70.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvord	Aurora
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	47.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvord	Aurora
Drove alone	88.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	15.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvord	Aurora
1-unit, detached	82.3%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	39.6%

Poverty & households

	Alvord	Aurora
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.4%
Average household size	2.88	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1982	1994