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%

Wheaton$540/mo

Typical home $86K (Census) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $1,114/mo · Housing →

Aurora Township$600/mo

Typical home $89K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $700 a year, between Aurora Township and Wheaton.

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.

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

WheatonAurora Township

Snow a year19″16″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)72nd 68th

Outdoors & history

WheatonAurora Township

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Community

WheatonAurora Township

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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.

Where they are

65 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WheatonKS Aurora TownshipCloud County

Wheaton ↔ Aurora Township65 miles apart

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 Kansas average

WheatonAurora Township

People

Population 72Lowest 81Highest

Median age 38±38.4Highest about the KS average 37.2±7.3Lowest about the KS average

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

Kids under 18 18.1%±24.3Highest KS: 23.8% 9.9%±27.3Lowest KS: 23.8%

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

Age 65+ 26.4%±43.8Highest KS: 17% 17.3%±33.4Lowest KS: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 40.9%Highest KS: 35.6% 31.5%Lowest KS: 35.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±16.2Highest KS: 6.6% 0%±19.2Lowest KS: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,417±$43kLowest about the KS average $85,588±$14kHighest 15% above KS

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $85,700±$22kLowest 61% below KS $88,800±$11kHighest 59% below KS

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,114±$46 5% above KS —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,136 59% below KS —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 KS: 43.5% —

Below poverty line 4.2%Lowest KS: 11.3% 7.4%Highest KS: 11.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.9%Highest KS: 67.2% 55.3%Lowest KS: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 38 yrs older than KS 1955Highest 21 yrs older than KS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 40 minHighest 104% above KS 33 minLowest 69% above KS

Work from home 7.3%±8.8Highest KS: 11.8% 0%±19Lowest KS: 11.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.02Lowest 0.04Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Manhattan (28%)Concordia (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Aurora TownshipFew work in Wheaton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.2Highest 1.6Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Wheaton vs Aurora Township

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Where they differ most

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What daily life feels like in each

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