Aurora vs Tunnelton

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

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

Tunnelton has the higher population (333 vs 304 in Aurora). Tunnelton has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $55,296 in Aurora). Since 2019, Aurora's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs +10.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Tunnelton
Population	304	333
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,296	$56,875
Median home value	—	$54,100
Housing units	139	152
Homeownership rate	55.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Tunnelton
Population	206 → 304 (+47.6%)	301 → 333 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $55,296 (+21.6%)	$37,969 → $56,875 (+49.8%)
Median home value	—	$53,100 → $54,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,136 (+13.6%)

Aurora

Population

206304

Median household income

$45,469$55,296

Tunnelton

Population

301333

Median household income

$37,969$56,875

Median home value

$53,100$54,100

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Tunnelton
Under 5	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	33.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	4.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	3.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.6%
75 and over	14.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Tunnelton
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Tunnelton
No high school diploma	4.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	51.1%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Tunnelton
Drove alone	73.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	27.0%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Tunnelton
1-unit, detached	74.1%	78.9%
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	25.9%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Tunnelton
Poverty rate	20.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1944	1991