Aurora

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Aurora

Total population

1,030

Median home value

$525,100

48.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$107,500

Aurora$108k

National$74k

Founded

1893

Elevation1893 m

Land area1.24 km²

Weather70°F · Sunny

Coordinates45.23°, -122.76°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Aurora is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2020 census, up from 918 in 2010. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Aurora, OR from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

C

Chester Newton

Olympic wrestler (1903-1966)

D

Derek Devine

American football player

Bill Bevens

American baseball player (1916-1991)

Ed Coleman

American baseball player (1901-1964)

Edward Leavy

American judge

Marion Eugene Carl

US Marine Corps general and flying ace

M

Martha Schrader

American politician

R

Ralph Coleman

American baseball player and coach (1895–1990)

Walter L. Tooze

American judge (1887-1956)

Mckenzee Miles

American pornographic actress

Clint Chapman

American basketball player (born 1989)

J

James A. Miller

American politician

L

Lilla Irvin Leach

American botanist and botanical collector (1886-1980)

D

Dylan Livesay

American basketball player

L

Lois Sather McGill

American professor

C

Carleigh DeWald

American Paralympic athlete

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Oregon

• Barlow
  2.4 mi away · pop. 105
• Donald
  4 mi away · pop. 1,133
• Butteville
  4.1 mi away
• Hubbard
  4.1 mi away · pop. 3,406
• Wilsonville
  5.8 mi away · pop. 26,974
• Woodburn
  7.5 mi away · pop. 27,875
• Molalla
  10 mi away
• Tualatin
  10.3 mi away · pop. 27,763
• St. Paul
  10.8 mi away · pop. 469
• Mount Angel
  11.1 mi away · pop. 3,393
• Oregon City
  11.2 mi away · pop. 37,755
• Stafford
  11.4 mi away · pop. 1,600

Browse all places in Oregon →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Aurora

Colony House in Aurora, Oregon

Lucile Bogue · 1965

1856-1956, Aurora Colony centennial celebration, Aurora, Oregon

1956

Spring, 1959

Mitsch Nursery · 1959

Fall 1960 - spring 1961

Mitsch Nursery · 1960

Wholesale catalog

Mitsch Nursery · 1949

Wholesale catalog, lining out stock

Mitsch Nursery · 1952

The Army of the Pacific

Aurora Hunt · 1951

The Aurora Colony, Oregon

Coralie Cassell Stanton · 1963

Search results from Open Library.