Aurora vs Chico

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

Aurora and Chico 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 1,174 in Chico). Aurora has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $58,125 in Chico). Aurora has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $160,300 in Chico).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Chico
Population	1,453	1,174
Median age	42.3 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,708	$58,125
Median home value	$244,100	$160,300
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,130
Housing units	505	462
Homeownership rate	78.7%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Chico
Population	1,452 → 1,453 (+0.1%)	1,138 → 1,174 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$76,932 → $87,708 (+14.0%)	$48,571 → $58,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$262,000 → $244,100 (-6.8%)	$104,600 → $160,300 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,272 (+11.1%)	$953 → $1,130 (+18.6%)

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

Chico

Population

1,1381,174

Median household income

$48,571$58,125

Median home value

$104,600$160,300

Median gross rent

$953$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Chico
Under 5	8.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.2%
75 and over	7.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Chico
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Chico
No high school diploma	11.9%	19.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Chico
Drove alone	76.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Chico
1-unit, detached	59.2%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Chico
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.3%
Average household size	3.03	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1994	1979