The 10 Cheapest Aurora, CO Neighborhoods To Live In For 2024


The cheapest Aurora neighborhoods are City Center and Center Pointe for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

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Everything else equal, we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.

I’d much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I’d rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.

And while every neighbhorhood in Aurora might be more expensive than living in rural Colorado, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.

What exactly are those Aurora neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further — you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?

Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and determine which neighborhoods in Aurora are the cheapest using Saturday Night Science.

The Cheapest Neighborhoods In Aurora For 2024

  1. City Center
  2. Center Pointe
  3. East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park
  4. Sable Altura Chambers
  5. Tower Triangle
  6. Aurora Highlands
  7. Meadow Hills
  8. Rocky Ridge
  9. Side Creek
  10. Sableridge

What’s the cheapest neighborhood to live in Aurora for 2024? According to the most recent census data, City Center looks to be the cheapest Aurora neighborhood to live in.

At this point, we should make it clear that you do get what you pay for — some of these neighborhoods might not be the best places to live in Aurora. You could be sacrificing location or crime rates for more space and cheaper groceries.

Read on to see how we determined the places around Aurora that deserve a little bragging rights, or maybe you’re interested in the worst neighborhoods in Aurora.

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Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 Cheapest Neighborhoods To Live In Aurora For 2024

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,810
Cost Of Living Index: 90 (cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 2.3 (2nd cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.018 (9th cheapest)
More on City Center: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 7,048
Cost Of Living Index: 101 (20th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 2.2 (cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.018 (7th cheapest)
More on Center Pointe: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 6,176
Cost Of Living Index: 104 (24th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 2.9 (4th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.013 (4th cheapest)
More on East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 7,510
Cost Of Living Index: 91 (2nd cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.5 (13th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.021 (20th cheapest)
More on Sable Altura Chambers: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 5,038
Cost Of Living Index: 99 (16th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.8 (20th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.013 (3rd cheapest)
More on Tower Triangle: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 12,605
Cost Of Living Index: 100 (19th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.4 (11th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.02 (16th cheapest)
More on Aurora Highlands: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 5,979
Cost Of Living Index: 111 (40th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 2.9 (3rd cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.017 (6th cheapest)
More on Meadow Hills: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 6,570
Cost Of Living Index: 98 (11th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 4.0 (30th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.019 (11th cheapest)
More on Rocky Ridge: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 6,505
Cost Of Living Index: 105 (27th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.3 (7th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.021 (19th cheapest)
More on Side Creek: Data | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 5,181
Cost Of Living Index: 98 (11th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.5 (15th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.023 (30th cheapest)
More on Sableridge: Data | Real Estate

Methodology: How We Determined The Cheapest Aurora Hoods In 2024

To rank the cheapest places to live in Aurora, we had to determine what criteria define “cheap” and then apply Saturday Night Science.

Using Census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:

  • Overall Cost Of Living
  • Rent To Income Ratio
  • Median Home Value To Income Ratio

We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 49 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.

And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index, the “Cheapest City Neighborhood In Aurora.” We’re lookin’ at you, City Center.

We updated this article for 2024. This is our fourth time ranking the cheapest neighborhoods to live in Aurora. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from cheapest to most expensive.

Summary: Lowest Cost Places To Live In Aurora

If you’re measuring the neighborhoods in Aurora where prices are low, and it’s cheap to live, this is an accurate list.

The most affordable neighborhoods in Aurora are City Center, Center Pointe, East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park, Sable Altura Chambers, Tower Triangle, Aurora Highlands, Meadow Hills, Rocky Ridge, Side Creek, and Sableridge.

As mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Aurora aren’t all cheap. Southeast Crossing takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Aurora.

The most expensive neighborhoods in Aurora are Southeast Crossing, Heather Gardens, Expo Park, Aurora Hills Golf Course, and Heritage Eagle Bend.

We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below.

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Detailed List Of The Cheapest Neighborhoods To Live In Aurora For 2024

Rank Neighborhood Cost Of Living Index
1 City Center 90
2 Center Pointe 101
3 East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park 104
4 Sable Altura Chambers 91
5 Tower Triangle 99
6 Aurora Highlands 100
7 Meadow Hills 111
8 Rocky Ridge 98
9 Side Creek 105
10 Sableridge 98
11 Prides Crossing 106
12 Dayton Triangle 95
13 Laredo Highline 99
14 Murphy Creek 124
15 Lakeshore 103
16 Dam East-West 108
17 Pheasant Run 107
18 Chambers Heights 95
19 Jewell Heights-Hoffman Heights 98
20 Centretech 93
21 Aurora Knolls-Hutchinson Heights 111
22 Tollgate Overlook 99
23 Morris Heights 104
24 Tallyn’s Reach 134
25 Mission Viejo 111
26 Carriage Place 107
27 Aurora Hills 102
28 Village East 109
29 Saddle Rock Golf Club 122
30 Highline Villages 98
31 Highland Park 106
32 North Aurora 97
33 Sunny Vale 91
34 Heather Ridge 99
35 Lynn Knoll 106
36 Delmar Parkway 98
37 City Center North 96
38 Seven Hills 113
39 Meadow Wood 106
40 Horseshoe Park 105
41 Park Villas 134
42 Willow Park 108
43 Conservatory 117
44 Utah Park 99
45 Heritage Eagle Bend 135
46 Aurora Hills Golf Course 111
47 Expo Park 101
48 Heather Gardens 105
49 Southeast Crossing 112
About Chris Kolmar

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