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30 Town of Aurora Housing & Neighborhoods A comprehensive assessment of local housing conditions is crucial for Fig. 8: Town of Aurora understanding how current residents live and for identifying strategies Housing Tenure to attract new residents to the Town of Aurora. Ensuring that the town remains accessible and appealing to a diverse population is key to its long-term vitality. This section examines Aurora’s housing landscape, including the age of its housing stock, housing types, tenure rates, and housing costs and affordability, as well as projections for future housing demand. To assist in the evaluation and the understanding of current issues, comparisons are made to the Towns of Orchard Park and Concord, as well as the entirety of Erie County. Housing Characteristics Fig. 9: Town of Aurora Data Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates & Decennial Census; Housing Stock Type Landmax Data Systems; Redfin Real Estate Brokerage Housing Tenure As of 2022, the Town of Aurora (excluding the Village of East Aurora) had an estimated 3,392 occupied housing units (95%) and 173 vacant units (5%). Of the occupied housing in The Town of Aurora, 2,617 of those units (89%) are owner occupied while 334 (11%) are renter occupied. Comparatively, both the towns of Concord and Orchard Park have higher percentages of renter-occupied units, making up approximately 26% of their housing stock, compared to just 11% in Aurora. Housing Stock Type The distribution of housing units in the Town of Aurora is heavily skewed towards single family housing which makes up 82.8% of all housing units in the Town. Large multi-unit homes (5+ units) are the second most common housing type, making up 7.4% of all units. In total, all multi-family housing (2 or more units) comprises 16.8% of all housing within the Town of Aurora. Orchard Park has a slightly lower percentage of single-family homes (8.9% fewer) compared to Aurora. The second most common housing type in Orchard Park is apartment complexes with 5 or more units, Fig. 10: Town of Aurora Housing Stock Age which represents 18.3% of all their housing, compared to just 7.4% of Aurora’s. In Concord, single-family homes constitute a smaller share of housing at 74%, followed by buildings with five or more units at 11.6%, and triplexes or quadplexes at 6.9%. Housing Stock Age Most homes in the Town of Aurora are over 65 years old, with 59.8% built before 1960. In contrast, fewer than 30% of homes in Orchard Park and 43.5% in Concord were built before 1960. Since 2000, only 6.1% of homes have been constructed within the Town of Aurora, including 180 units since 2010. Comparatively, 14% of Orchard Park’s homes and 13.2% of Concord’s homes were built after 2000.