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Housing in Aurora

A typical Aurora home is worth roughly $192,000

Typical home value
$192K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,500
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Aurora?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Aurora

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Aurora home $192K

That covers a typical Aurora home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,240
Loan $950Tax $230Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $250 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Wisconsin typical property tax (1.42% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $938.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,550
16%
of households rent · WI 32%
17
renter households
$938
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Eau Claire, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

84% of Aurora households own their home

Half of Aurora’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 84%Rent 16%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1971
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,500
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Aurora vs. its neighbors

Aurora is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Aurora$192K*—$990—$54,375
Pershing——$1,0001$73,750
Ford——$9903$91,250
Gilman$219K+9.3%$9901$53,929
Colburn$234K*+4.6%†$1,020—$83,462

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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