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.
Being a small city, Aurora does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Aurora rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.14% of adults 25 and older in Aurora have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Aurora in 2018 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.
