Aurora is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,515 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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Aurora is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.61% of the Aurora workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Aurora is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aurora who work in food service (14.71%), office and administrative support (11.19%), and sales jobs (8.79%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Aurora has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Aurora has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Aurora than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Aurora may be for you. Aurora is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Aurora, just 12.32% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Aurora in 2022 was $28,977, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,908 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Aurora include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
