A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Aurora$2,570/mo

Typical home $453K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $1,835/mo · Housing →

Foxfield$6,010/mo

Typical home $1.07M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.47% · Housing →

The difference: $3,440 a month, about $41,300 a year, between Foxfield and Aurora.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Colorado ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DAuroraSafer than 5% of U.S. towns –FoxfieldNot graded

Schools

B+AuroraBetter than 68% of districts in the state AFoxfieldBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

B+AuroraHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns –FoxfieldNot graded

Where they are

Aurora and Foxfield share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AuroraFoxfield

Aurora ↔ Foxfield9.1 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

54 Foxfield residents work in Aurora (13.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Foxfield →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AuroraFoxfield

Snow a year49″64″

January low18°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)156d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 50th

Outdoors & history

AuroraFoxfield

Trails118 mi —

Conserved land10%—

Settled1891 —

National Register places10 —

Archive photos18 1

Famous people born here62 —

Community

AuroraFoxfield

Library hours a week48 hrs —

Colleges in town4 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Colorado average

AuroraFoxfield

People

Population 394,432Highest 659Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.8%Highest CO: +14.8% +10.1%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 35.3±0.3Lowest 6% below CO 52.9±8.3Highest 40% above CO

Kids under 18 23.9%±0.5Highest CO: 21% 17.6%±4.6Lowest CO: 21%

Age 65+ 12.4%±0.4Lowest CO: 15.6% 28.5%±2.4Highest CO: 15.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.6%Lowest CO: 45.7% 56.6%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±0.3Highest CO: 6.4% 4.6%±2.9Lowest CO: 6.4%

Aurora and Foxfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $88,368±$2kLowest 7% below CO $200,938±$35kHighest 110% above CO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $469,100±$4kLowest 13% below CO $1,065,900±$68kHighest 98% above CO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,835±$26 4% above CO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,457Lowest 6% below CO $4,971Highest 91% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.3%±2.6Lowest CO: 52.9% 100%±100Highest CO: 52.9%

Foxfield and Aurora are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 11.9%Highest CO: 9.4% 2%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.4%Lowest CO: 66.2% 99.2%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 3 yrs older than CO 1982Lowest 6 yrs older than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 13% above CO 27 minLowest 6% above CO

Work from home 16.5%±0.8Lowest CO: 21% 26.2%±9.2Highest CO: 21%

Foxfield and Aurora are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 22.8%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.91Highest 0.72Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (30%)Denver (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Foxfield13% work in Aurora

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 118.2 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 145Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 62.9Highest 49.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #106 of 142 in CO—

School district Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A · Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah—

High school in town Cherokee Trail High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 20.2 —

Colorado average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Aurora vs Foxfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $3,440 more a month in Foxfield

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