Aurora vs Runaway Bay

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

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

Runaway Bay has the higher population (1,522 vs 1,453 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $83,333 in Runaway Bay). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $244,100 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
Population	1,453	1,522
Median age	42.3 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,708	$83,333
Median home value	$244,100	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,172
Housing units	505	808
Homeownership rate	78.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
Population	1,452 → 1,453 (+0.1%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$76,932 → $87,708 (+14.0%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$262,000 → $244,100 (-6.8%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,272 (+11.1%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

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

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
Under 5	8.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	21.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.0%
75 and over	7.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	85.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	11.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	76.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	59.2%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1994	1986