
West Virginia · Census place 03460
Aurora, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Aurora, West Virginia (Aurora, WV — Census place “Aurora CDP”) is 304 residents, ranking #292 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $55,296, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Aurora West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Aurora, WV: 26705.
- Population
- 304Aurora CDP residents
- Median household income
- $55,296Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 55%Owner-occupied households
Aurora ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Aurora.
The Aurora WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Aurora CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 20.4% of residents and 55% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Aurora CDP, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Aurora CDP is a very small community in West Virginia, with 304 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #292 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 33% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Aurora CDP earn a median of $55,296 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 20.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Aurora CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 55% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
With 304 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Aurora CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value, gross rent for Aurora CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in West Virginia.
- Chapmanville town 1,005
- Fort Ashby CDP 1,011
- Despard CDP 1,038
- Glenville town 1,049
- Marlinton town 1,050
- Carpendale town 1,053
- Charleston city 47,918
- Poca town 1,056
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Aurora CDP?
- Aurora CDP has 304 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #292 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Aurora CDP?
- Median household income in Aurora CDP is $55,296 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Aurora CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is not published.
- Is Aurora CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Aurora CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Aurora CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.