Aurora vs Brandonville

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

Aurora and Brandonville 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 122 in Brandonville). Brandonville has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $55,296 in Aurora). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs -10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Brandonville
Population	304	122
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,296	$87,083
Median home value	—	$183,300
Housing units	139	49
Homeownership rate	55.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Brandonville
Population	206 → 304 (+47.6%)	136 → 122 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)	$73,681 → $87,083 (+18.2%)
Median home value	—	$142,600 → $183,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $825 (+21.3%)

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Brandonville

Population

136122

Median household income

$73,681$87,083

Median home value

$142,600$183,300

Median gross rent

$680$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Brandonville
Under 5	7.2%	13.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	18.9%
35 to 44	33.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	3.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.8%
75 and over	14.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Brandonville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Brandonville
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	51.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Brandonville
Drove alone	73.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	27.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Brandonville
1-unit, detached	74.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Brandonville
Poverty rate	20.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1944	1973