Utah · Census place 4902740

Aurora, Utah

Aurora is a city in Sevier County, Utah with an estimated 1,053 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,053; #153 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020: +5.4%; +54 people
Land area: 0.9 sq mi
Density: 1,120 / sq mi; State median 2,284

Orange pin: Aurora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

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Aurora population, 2020 to 2024

Aurora added 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 996. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Aurora covers 0.94 square miles of land, for 1,120 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Aurora is less dense than the typical town.

What county Aurora is in

All of Aurora's residents live in Sevier County, which had 22,520 residents in 2024. Aurora holds 4.7% 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: 84620. 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 38.920000, -111.933600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 128.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Salina, UT (2,610 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 92.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.920000, -111.933600
DMS: 38°55'12.00"N 111°56'0.96"W
UTM: 12N 419066.2E 4308313.2N
Geohash: 9wbmkvhmq
Plus code: 85CCW3C8+2H

Daylight in Aurora

At 38.92° N, Aurora gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 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 Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Salina, 3.9 miles away, with 2,610 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Aurora, UT?

1,053 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 54 (5.4%) from 999 in July 2020.

What county is Aurora in?

Sevier 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: 84620.

How far is Aurora from Salt Lake City?

128.3 miles (206.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Aurora.

What is the nearest larger city to Aurora?

Salina, UT, with 2,610 residents, 3.9 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.