South Dakota · Census place 4602780

Aurora, South Dakota

Aurora is a town in Brookings County, South Dakota with an estimated 1,159 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,159; #58 of 64 in South Dakota
Change since 2020: +9.9%; +104 people
Land area: 0.8 sq mi
Density: 1,380 / sq mi; State median 1,459

Orange pin: Aurora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Pierre.

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Aurora population, 2020 to 2024

Aurora added 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.9%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,050. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Aurora covers 0.84 square miles of land, for 1,380 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Aurora is close to the typical town.

What county Aurora is in

All of Aurora's residents live in Brookings County, which had 36,359 residents in 2024. Aurora holds 3.2% 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 town's land: 57002. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Aurora is

The Census internal point of Aurora is at 44.283300, -96.682900. Pierre, the capital, is 181.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brookings, SD (24,555 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 51.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 44.283300, -96.682900
DMS: 44°16'59.88"N 96°40'58.44"W
UTM: 14N 684886.5E 4905950.1N
Geohash: 9zg5zvt8v
Plus code: 86P578M8+8R

Daylight in Aurora

At 44.28° N, Aurora gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 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 South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Brookings, 5.3 miles away, with 24,555 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Aurora, SD?

1,159 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 104 (9.9%) from 1,055 in July 2020.

What county is Aurora in?

Brookings 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: 57002.

How far is Aurora from Pierre?

181.1 miles (291.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Aurora.

What is the nearest larger city to Aurora?

Brookings, SD, with 24,555 residents, 5.3 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.

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