Aurora SpringsMO
A town of 230, platted in 1880.
Is Aurora Springs a good place to live?
40% of residents live below the poverty line in Aurora Springs, against 14% in Missouri’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Aurora Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Aurora Springs stand out
Where Aurora Springs beats most towns.
230 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Aurora Springs: who provides what
Aurora Springs is unincorporated, so Miller County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Aurora Springs.
With 7.4 jobs for every working resident, Aurora Springs draws in 458 commuters
Among working residents in Aurora Springs, 1.6% work locally, below both Missouri’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (8%). This Missouri town had 459 jobs in 2023, up 452 from 2013. The top destinations are Eldon (23%), Lake Ozark (8%) and Versailles (3%).
| Aurora Springs | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer middle-aged adults than Missouri overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 14% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 36% of residents (22% statewide). The age of the median resident in Aurora Springs is 33.4 years. College graduates make up 27% of adults 25 and older, against 32% across Missouri.
| Aurora Springs | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.4 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 15% and 92% women
The Census survey reached too few of Aurora Springs’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±38.6 points. Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Aurora Springs | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 21.3% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 17% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 0% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 59.9% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 8.5% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 9.2% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.6% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
Aurora Springs: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 23° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Aurora Springs is
For adults in Aurora Springs, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 39%. In Aurora Springs, 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Aurora Springs | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Aurora Springs | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.2% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 55.3% | 60.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Aurora Springs: inland flooding
47% of Aurora Springs’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 15%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Aurora Springs
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Aurora Springs; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Aurora Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
Every workday, about 458 people come to Aurora Springs for work
Where Aurora Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Aurora Springs
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Aurora Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Miller County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Saline Creek, just south of Eldon and west of U.S. Route 54. As of the 2020 census, its population was 138.
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- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 909 ft
Questions about Aurora Springs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Aurora Springs, MO a good place to live?
Aurora Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.