Aurora, CO

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Aurora ranks

• #9 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 79.0
• #18 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 73.8
• #19 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 81.8
• #28 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 58.8
• #32 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 60.4
• #39 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 58.8
• #58 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 40.0
• #69 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 38.7
• #76 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 37.6

Local facts

Median household income

$84,320

Median rent

$1,759 / mo

Median home value

$444,500

Median age

35.1

Unemployment

5.7%

Bachelor's degree or higher

32.9%

Poverty rate

11.3%

Renter-occupied homes

36.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

105

Students enrolled

71,407

Students per teacher

17.3 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

57.4%

Charter schools

15.2%

School districts serving the city

3

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Districts: Aurora Joint District No. 28 Of The Counties Of Adams And A, Cherry Creek School District No. 5 In The County Of Arapah, State Charter School Institute

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

28.9%

No leisure-time physical activity

21.9%

Adults with diabetes

9.6%

Adults who smoke

12.6%

Frequent mental distress

17.4%

Sleeping under 7 hours

34.6%

Adults without health insurance

16.1%

Routine checkup in past year

69.5%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

90.5%

Share of city that is parkland

9.7%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

9.0

Median air quality index (county)

48

Unhealthy air days (county)

2

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

93.4%

Households with no internet

4.2%

Average commute

28.9 min

Work from home

14.8%

Commute by transit

3.6%

Commute on foot

1.6%

Commute by bike

0.2%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Arapahoe County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 3 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Hail: very high
• Lightning: very high
• Tornado: relatively high
• Strong wind: relatively high

ZIP codes

• 80010
• 80011
• 80012
• 80013
• 80014
• 80015
• 80016
• 80017
• 80018
• 80019
• 80045
• 80137
• 80230
• 80247