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Aurora, Illinois
Fox and Broadway looking east on Fox, Aurora, IL
Aurora is a city in Kane County, in the Chicago
metro area. The community straddles Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall
counties.
The community was named after Aurora, NY.
The latitude of Aurora is 41.760N. The
longitude is -88.32W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation
is 679 feet.
The estimated population, in 2003, was 162,184.
Median household income
Local
$54,861
National
$41,994
Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau
For more census details and comparisons,
see our Aurora demographic reports
ESSENTIALS
Aurora is on the Fox River.
The first settler, Joseph McCarty of Elmira,
NY, arrived in 1834.
The city city was a stop on the stagecoach
line from Chicago. It later became the site of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad repair yards.
Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in
2003 was 13. The violent crime rate was per 1,000 people.
Nearby parks & recreation: Phillips Park, Red Oak Nature
Center
Colleges and universities: Aurora University
16% of residents report German ancestry,
and 9% report Irish.
For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Ancestry & family history guide.Records & databases:
Crime
Economy
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita
income was $22,131, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Education
30% of Aurora residents age 25 and older have a
bachelor's or advanced college degree.
Median rent at the time of the 2000
Census, was $609. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with
mortgages, were $1,316.
