Aurora vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (2,570 vs 881 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($92,321 vs $63,807 in Monroe). Aurora has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $267,700 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Monroe
Population	881	2,570
Median age	44.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,321	$63,807
Median home value	$272,600	$267,700
Median gross rent	$850	$1,203
Housing units	345	1,129
Homeownership rate	93.2%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Monroe
Population	763 → 881 (+15.5%)	2,493 → 2,570 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$61,167 → $92,321 (+50.9%)	$59,750 → $63,807 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $272,600 (+58.6%)	$178,800 → $267,700 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $850 (-10.5%)	$592 → $1,203 (+103.2%)

Aurora

Population

763881

Median household income

$61,167$92,321

Median home value

$171,900$272,600

Median gross rent

$950$850

Monroe

Population

2,4932,570

Median household income

$59,750$63,807

Median home value

$178,800$267,700

Median gross rent

$592$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Monroe
Under 5	6.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.9%
75 and over	7.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Monroe
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Monroe
Drove alone	88.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	13.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Monroe
1-unit, detached	95.1%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Monroe
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1975	1981