Ohio · Census place 3903086
Aurora, Ohio
Aurora is a city in Portage County, Ohio with an estimated 17,985 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 102nd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 17,985
- #102 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +721 people
- Land area
- 22.9 sq mi
- + 1.15 sq mi water
- Density
- 785 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Aurora population, 2020 to 2024
Aurora added 721 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +230. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Aurora is 1.3 times that size.
Aurora covers 22.91 square miles of land and 1.15 of water, for 785 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Aurora is less dense than the typical town.
What county Aurora is in
All of Aurora's residents live in Portage County, which had 163,839 residents in 2024. Aurora holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Aurora
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aurora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44202. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Aurora is
The Census internal point of Aurora is at 41.306800, -81.336500. Columbus, the capital, is 127.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Twinsburg, OH (19,504 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 18.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.306800, -81.336500
- DMS
- 41°18'24.48"N 81°20'11.40"W
- UTM
- 17N 471831.4E 4572870.3N
- Geohash
- dpq4vpstd
- Plus code
- 86HW8M47+PC
Daylight in Aurora
At 41.31° N, Aurora gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Aurora
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Reminderville, 3.5 miles away, with 5,345 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Aurora, OH?
17,985 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 721 (4.2%) from 17,264 in July 2020.
What county is Aurora in?
Portage County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Aurora?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44202.
How far is Aurora from Columbus?
127.5 miles (205.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Aurora.
What is the nearest larger city to Aurora?
Twinsburg, OH, with 19,504 residents, 5.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.