Aurora is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,502 people and two associated neighborhoods, Aurora is the 168th largest community in Indiana. Aurora has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Aurora is a blue-collar town, with 35.83% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Aurora is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Aurora who work in office and administrative support (13.67%), food service (13.00%), and sales jobs (8.76%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Aurora has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Aurora a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Aurora does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Aurora with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.14% of adults in Aurora have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Aurora in 2022 was $25,508, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,032 for a family of four. However, Aurora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Aurora is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aurora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aurora residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Aurora include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Russian.
