Aurora vs Reedsville

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

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

Reedsville has the higher population (652 vs 304 in Aurora). Reedsville has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $55,296 in Aurora). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs +44.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Reedsville
Population	304	652
Median age	37.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,296	$59,000
Median home value	—	$178,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,045
Housing units	139	281
Homeownership rate	55.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Reedsville
Population	206 → 304 (+47.6%)	450 → 652 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)	$57,500 → $59,000 (+2.6%)
Median home value	—	$110,300 → $178,400 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$888 → $1,045 (+17.7%)

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Reedsville

Population

450652

Median household income

$57,500$59,000

Median home value

$110,300$178,400

Median gross rent

$888$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Reedsville
Under 5	7.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	33.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	4.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	3.0%	22.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	18.1%
75 and over	14.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Reedsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Reedsville
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	51.1%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Reedsville
Drove alone	73.0%	88.8%
Carpooled	27.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Reedsville
1-unit, detached	74.1%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Reedsville
Poverty rate	20.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1944	1983