Aurora vs Boyd

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

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

Boyd has the higher population (1,488 vs 1,453 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $66,944 in Boyd). Aurora has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $230,700 in Boyd).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Boyd
Population	1,453	1,488
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,708	$66,944
Median home value	$244,100	$230,700
Median gross rent	$1,272	$842
Housing units	505	622
Homeownership rate	78.7%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Boyd
Population	1,452 → 1,453 (+0.1%)	1,301 → 1,488 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$76,932 → $87,708 (+14.0%)	$60,000 → $66,944 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$262,000 → $244,100 (-6.8%)	$122,500 → $230,700 (+88.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,272 (+11.1%)	$935 → $842 (-9.9%)

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

Boyd

Population

1,3011,488

Median household income

$60,000$66,944

Median home value

$122,500$230,700

Median gross rent

$935$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Boyd
Under 5	8.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Boyd
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	28.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Boyd
No high school diploma	11.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Boyd
Drove alone	76.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Boyd
1-unit, detached	59.2%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Boyd
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1994	1985