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Aurelius gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $167K for a typical one, or 2.5 years of the Auburn area’s $68K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 266th of 745 in New York. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Aurelius’ average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Hutchinson Homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Aurelius beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Aurelius is from typical.
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Census counts: 7,923 in 1820, a low of 1,277 in 1920, 2,610 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 3 maps from 1899 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Aurelius, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Aurelius.
Aurelius gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Aurelius once, in 2004. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, Aurelius has seen 9 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Aurelius’s public school: 292 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga-Onondaga BocesLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 292 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The Auburn weather station, 6 miles away, records that 109 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Aurelius’ peak summer temperature stands at 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 1,161 working residents takes 18.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Jobs in Aurelius fell by 233 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,699. Most working residents leave Aurelius for work: only 7% work in town. The share of workers in Aurelius who work from home: 4.3%. The top destinations are Auburn (22%), Owasco (6%) and Syracuse (4%).
| Aurelius | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.3% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.1% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,420 U.S. towns with household incomes like Aurelius’s, it is less healthy than 65%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Of 32 CDC measures, Aurelius beats the New York average on 3 and trails it on 9. 27% of adults get no exercise outside work here.
| Aurelius | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Aurelius | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.3% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails total 0.6 miles in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, at 28 acres. Parks and preserves in Aurelius: 2, covering 41 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge | — | 28 |
| 2. McIntosh Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
92% of Aurelius households own their home. Aurelius’ typical rent comes in at $813 a month.
| Aurelius | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $813 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Aurelius. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
22 mi LakeSeneca Lake
17 mi LakeCayuga Lake
26 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
28 mi MountainCumorah
40 mi State parkWatkins Glen State ParkJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Aurelius
About 3 of every 100 Aurelius residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Aurelius is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,610 at the 2020 census. The town was named after the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. It is at the western edge of the county and borders the city of Auburn.
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8 towns share a border with Aurelius.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelius | #266 | B+ | B | — | B | B− |
| Springport | — | — | B | — | B | B+ |
| Auburn | #713 | D | C+ | C | D | C− |
| Seneca Falls | #608 | C− | B | C | C− | B− |
| Montezuma | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Tyre | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Throop | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Fleming | — | — | C− | — | C− | B− |
Springport, Montezuma, Throop and Fleming have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Aurelius, Springport, Montezuma, Throop and Fleming report no FBI crime data of their own. Tyre isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Aurelius with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Aurelius grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #266 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and B for schools.
The typical home is worth about $167,000, 68% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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