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14 Town of Aurora Household Composition There are an estimated 5,508 households in the Town of Aurora, meaning the number of households have remained effectively the same since 2010 (5,504). While the number of households has remained the same, the average size of both owner- and renter-occupied Fig. 3: Town of households has decreased. Aurora Household The household composition of Aurora differs when Trends compared to the rest of Erie County. While married- couple households are the dominate household type throughout all comparison communities, the percentage of married-couple households in Aurora is much higher than all other communities. Conversely, the proportion of single-parent households in Aurora is also significantly greater than the proportion in Concord and Orchard Park. Coupled with the fact that only 26.3% of households in Aurora have a child under 18, it suggests that a significant number of married-couple households are empty-nesters. As such, there is likely demand for day cares and other child-care related services to assist the 733 single-parent households in the Town. Town of Orchard Household Type Town of Aurora Town of Concord Erie County Park Married-Couple 3,322 60.3% 6,958 55.0% 2,041 55.3% 165,430 40.3% Single-Parent 733 13.3% 1,200 9.5% 222 6.0% 70,141 17.1% Non-Family 143 2.6% 829 6.5% 173 4.7% 31,694 7.7% Household Single Household 1,310 23.8% 3,670 29.0% 1,254 34.0% 143,175 34.9% TOTAL 5,508 100% 12,657 100% 3,690 55.3% 410,440 100% Households with 1,451 26.3% 3,082 24.4% 938 25.4% 101,900 24.8% Children Under 18 Education & Race Nearly 50% of Aurora residents over the age of 18 have a bachelor’s or advanced degree, compared to just 35.8% of the entire Erie Fig. 4: Town of Aurora Education Trends County population. Furthermore, just 3.6% of adult Aurorans have not completed high school. Compared to 7.4% of residents across all of Erie County. Examining school enrollments, students in the Town of Aurora area primarily attend school at the East Aurora Union Free School District (EAUFSD). The EAUFSD covers the entirety of East Aurora, the majority of Aurora, and portions of the Towns of Colden and Elma. Other portions of the Town of Aurora fall within the Iroquois, Holland, Orchard Park, and Springville-Griffith School Districts. As of the 2024 school year, there are 1,669 students across three schools in the East Aurora School District. Since the 2013 school year, the district’s overall student population has decreased by 8.2% (1,818 in 2013). While