Aurora
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About Aurora
City in Colorado, USAurora () is a home rule city located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 386,261 at the 2020 census, with 336,035 in Arapahoe County, 47,720 in Adams County, and 2,506 in Douglas County. It is the third-most-populous city in the state of Colorado and the 50th-most-populous city in the United States as of 2025. Aurora is a principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area, and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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How Aurora ranks
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Housing in Aurora
The typical Aurora home is worth about $453,000, down 2.8% in a year, 15% below the Colorado typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Aurora
Safety Grade D
Aurora reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.
Schools in Aurora
All Aurora schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Aurora’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 68% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CO. Ratings are from neighbors.
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