Aurora vs Rowlesburg

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

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

Rowlesburg has the higher population (640 vs 304 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median household income ($55,296 vs $52,813 in Rowlesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
Population	304	640
Median age	37.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,296	$52,813
Median home value	—	$87,300
Median gross rent	—	$673
Housing units	139	324
Homeownership rate	55.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
Population	206 → 304 (+47.6%)	434 → 640 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)
Median home value	—	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Rowlesburg

Population

434640

Median household income

$34,167$52,813

Median home value

$72,100$87,300

Median gross rent

$561$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
Under 5	7.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	33.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	4.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	3.0%	19.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.3%
75 and over	14.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
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%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
No high school diploma	4.8%	24.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
Drove alone	73.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	27.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
1-unit, detached	74.1%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Rowlesburg
Poverty rate	20.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1944	1948