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Aurora city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Aurora city is a Census city of 179,898 people across 45.06 square miles of land, lying across Kane County and DuPage County and Will County and Kendall County. Median household income is $93,633, 66.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 171 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $91.9 m.
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Aurora
What Aurora is
- Census place typecity
- Land area45.06 sq mi
- Water area0.94 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,992
- County holding the largest share of its areaKane County, 60.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inKane County 60.1 percent, DuPage County 31.4 percent, Will County 6.4 percent, Kendall County 2.1 percent
Aurora city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aurora
How many people live in Aurora
- Population179,898
- Median age35.2
- Population under 1845,358
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over19,880
- Share 65 and over11.1 percent
- Households61,317
- Family households44,980
- Share of households that are families73.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aurora
Income and work in Aurora
- Median household income$93,633
- Per capita income$40,937
- Civilian labor force101,434
- Employed95,533
- Unemployed5,901
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over115,537
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aurora
Housing in Aurora
- Housing units63,763
- Occupied units61,317
- Vacant units2,446 plus or minus 518
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Owner occupied40,713
- Renter occupied20,604
- Ownership rate66.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$274,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,596
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent
- Single family units47,980
- Share single family75.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15,514
- Share in buildings of two or more24.3 percent
- Mobile homes252 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aurora
How Aurora gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute78,579
- Commuting under 15 minutes17,994
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more31,690
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.3 percent
- Drove alone67.0 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent
- Public transport2.6 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home16.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aurora
SBA loans in Aurora (7(a))
- Approvals171
- Gross approval$91,874,400
- Average approval$537,277
- Median approval$162,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,600,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,952
- Jobs per approval11.4
- Loans with a final outcome34
- Paid in full32
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.9 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.5 percent
- Share to franchises17.0 percent
- Distinct lenders49
- Distinct industries by NAICS78
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aurora
SBA loans in Aurora (504)
- Approvals108
- Gross approval$77,070,000
- Average approval$713,611
- Median approval$455,000
- Largest approval$5,168,000
- Jobs supported1,165
- Loans with a final outcome36
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.6 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aurora
Flood risk in Aurora
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number170320
- Currently effective map date08/01/19
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Kane County, not Aurora
Kane County context, not Aurora figures
These are Kane County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Aurora measurements.
- Establishments in Kane County13,537
- Employment at those establishments, Kane County194,921
- Covered employment, Kane County213,795
- Average annual pay, Kane County$62,791
- Average weekly wage, Kane County$1,208
- Housing units permitted, Kane County2,132
- Of those, single family, Kane County1,741
- County product, 2024, Kane County$37,058,271,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kane County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kane County$85,505
Every figure in this section is published for Kane County as a whole and is not a measurement of Aurora. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Aurora questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Aurora, Illinois?
179,898, in 61,317 households. Aurora city covers 45.06 square miles of land, which is 3,992 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Aurora in?
Aurora lies in more than one. By area it is 60.1 percent in Kane County, 31.4 percent in DuPage County, 6.4 percent in Will County, 2.1 percent in Kendall County. This page sits under Kane County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Aurora?
$93,633. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $274,800. Median gross rent is $1,596 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Aurora businesses?
171 7(a) approvals totalling $91.9 m, across 49 lenders, median approval $162,000, plus 108 504 approvals worth $77.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Aurora, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Aurora borrowers get paid back?
Of the 34 loans that have reached a final outcome, 32 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.9 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Aurora in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Aurora appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170320, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Aurora figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kane County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Aurora.
Is zoning published for Aurora?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.