Albright vs Aurora

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (304 vs 294 in Albright). Albright has the higher median household income ($55,714 vs $55,296 in Aurora). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Albright	Aurora
Population	294	304
Median age	29.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$55,296
Median gross rent	$1,018	—
Housing units	150	139
Homeownership rate	46.4%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albright	Aurora
Population	333 → 294 (-11.7%)	206 → 304 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$46,953 → $55,714 (+18.7%)	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $34,700 (-33.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,018 (+56.6%)	—

Albright

Population

333294

Median household income

$46,953$55,714

Median home value

$52,500$34,700

Median gross rent

$650$1,018

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albright	Aurora
Under 5	7.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	15.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	31.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	33.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	3.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.9%
75 and over	6.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albright	Aurora
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albright	Aurora
No high school diploma	33.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	53.6%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albright	Aurora
Drove alone	75.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albright	Aurora
1-unit, detached	65.3%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Albright	Aurora
Poverty rate	21.1%	20.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1948	1944