Best PlacesCity Center North, Aurora, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around City Center North, Aurora, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
City Center North, Aurora ranks 4,547th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in City Center North, Aurora
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
City Center North, Aurora's strengths and weaknesses
Where City Center North, Aurora ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where City Center North, Aurora ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in City Center North, Aurora
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median City Center North, Aurora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,726, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses City Center North, Aurora's effective rate of 0.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in City Center North, Aurora
City Center North, Aurora runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for City Center North, Aurora.
Who works in City Center North, Aurora, and how
Work in City Center North, Aurora centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in City Center North, Aurora
City Center North, Aurora has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of City Center North, Aurora and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in City Center North, Aurora, month by month
City Center North, Aurora sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 70° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of City Center North, Aurora
Denver International sits about 12 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around City Center North, Aurora
Schools across City Center North, Aurora average a C−, better than 32% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Aurora Quest K-8A+ · 73% proficient
- Edna And John W. Mosley P-8D− · 14% proficient
- Academy Of Advanced LearningD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
- South Middle SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- William Smith High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every City Center North, Aurora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
City Center North, Aurora measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare City Center North, Aurora against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in City Center North, Aurora
Is City Center North, Aurora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, City Center North, Aurora ranks 4,547th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, heat safety, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is City Center North, Aurora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,395. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $70,726 median income, cost of living beats 44% of neighborhoods.
Is City Center North, Aurora safe?
City Center North, Aurora is safer than 10% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,198 per resident a year.
Compare City Center North, Aurora with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to City Center North, Aurora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in City Center North, Aurora represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
City Center North, Aurora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for City Center North, Aurora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in City Center North, Aurora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of City Center North, Aurora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in City Center North, Aurora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
City Center North, Aurora detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.