Aurora vs Richfield

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (8,173 vs 881 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($92,321 vs $77,847 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $272,600 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Richfield
Population	881	8,173
Median age	44.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,321	$77,847
Median home value	$272,600	$287,500
Median gross rent	$850	$850
Housing units	345	2,990
Homeownership rate	93.2%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Richfield
Population	763 → 881 (+15.5%)	7,731 → 8,173 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$61,167 → $92,321 (+50.9%)	$46,625 → $77,847 (+67.0%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $272,600 (+58.6%)	$180,900 → $287,500 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $850 (-10.5%)	$687 → $850 (+23.7%)

Aurora

Population

763881

Median household income

$61,167$92,321

Median home value

$171,900$272,600

Median gross rent

$950$850

Richfield

Population

7,7318,173

Median household income

$46,625$77,847

Median home value

$180,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$687$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Richfield
Under 5	6.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	23.3%
18 to 24	12.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.2%
75 and over	7.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Richfield
No high school diploma	3.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Richfield
Drove alone	88.1%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Richfield
1-unit, detached	95.1%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Richfield
Poverty rate	4.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1975	1976