Arthurdale vs Aurora

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

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

Arthurdale has the higher population (755 vs 304 in Aurora). Arthurdale has the higher median household income ($78,070 vs $55,296 in Aurora). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs -44.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Arthurdale	Aurora
Population	755	304
Median age	49.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,070	$55,296
Median home value	$159,000	—
Housing units	335	139
Homeownership rate	100.0%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthurdale	Aurora
Population	1,368 → 755 (-44.8%)	206 → 304 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$56,607 → $78,070 (+37.9%)	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $159,000 (+43.5%)	—

Arthurdale

Population

1,368755

Median household income

$56,607$78,070

Median home value

$110,800$159,000

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthurdale	Aurora
Under 5	0.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	15.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	33.6%
45 to 54	17.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	20.8%	3.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.9%
75 and over	2.8%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthurdale	Aurora
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthurdale	Aurora
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	41.3%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthurdale	Aurora
Drove alone	74.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthurdale	Aurora
1-unit, detached	53.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.9%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Arthurdale	Aurora
Poverty rate	9.4%	20.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1988	1944