New York · Census place 3621589

East Aurora, New York

East Aurora is a village in Erie County, New York with an estimated 5,986 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,986
#146 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+14 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
2,385 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: East Aurora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

East Aurora population, 2020 to 2024

East Aurora added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +32. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 61st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so East Aurora is 58% of it.

5,97220206,00220216,01820225,95420235,9862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,068. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

East Aurora covers 2.51 square miles of land, for 2,385 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so East Aurora is less dense than the typical town.

What county East Aurora is in

All of East Aurora's residents live in Erie County, which had 950,602 residents in 2024. East Aurora holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Aurora

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Aurora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14052. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where East Aurora is

The Census internal point of East Aurora is at 42.766800, -78.617000. Albany, the capital, is 246.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, NY (10,094 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 15.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.766800, -78.617000
DMS
42°46'0.48"N 78°37'1.20"W
UTM
17N 694971.8E 4737672.8N
Geohash
dr85712ye
Plus code
87J3Q98M+P5

Daylight in East Aurora

At 42.77° N, East Aurora gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Aurora

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Orchard Park, 6.3 miles away, with 3,046 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of East Aurora, NY?

5,986 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.2%) from 5,972 in July 2020.

What county is East Aurora in?

Erie County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover East Aurora?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14052.

How far is East Aurora from Albany?

246.8 miles (397.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from East Aurora.

What is the nearest larger city to East Aurora?

Lancaster, NY, with 10,094 residents, 9.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.