Aurora vs Masontown

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

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

Masontown has the higher population (490 vs 304 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($55,296 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs -5.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Masontown
Population	304	490
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,296	$50,938
Median home value	—	$128,200
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	139	245
Homeownership rate	55.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Masontown
Population	206 → 304 (+47.6%)	520 → 490 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	—	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Masontown

Population

520490

Median household income

$40,893$50,938

Median home value

$108,300$128,200

Median gross rent

$675$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Masontown
Under 5	7.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	33.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	6.3%
55 to 64	3.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.9%
75 and over	14.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Masontown
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%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Masontown
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	51.1%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Masontown
Drove alone	73.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	27.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Masontown
1-unit, detached	74.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Masontown
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1944	1958