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 neighborhood 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.
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Methodology: How we determined the cheapest Aurora hoods in 2026
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, Center Pointe.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from cheapest to most expensive.
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Detailed list of the cheapest neighborhoods to live in Aurora for 2026
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Cost Of Living Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Center Pointe | 100 |
| 2 | East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park | 104 |
| 3 | City Center | 102 |
| 4 | Meadow Hills | 116 |
| 5 | Tower Triangle | 110 |
| 6 | Sable Altura Chambers | 105 |
| 7 | Aurora Knolls-Hutchinson Heights | 110 |
| 8 | Side Creek | 117 |
| 9 | Aurora Highlands | 118 |
| 9 | Sableridge | 109 |
| 11 | Rocky Ridge | 113 |
| 12 | Jewell Heights-Hoffman Heights | 97 |
| 13 | Laredo Highline | 112 |
| 14 | Dam East-West | 120 |
| 15 | Murphy Creek | 139 |
| 16 | Prides Crossing | 129 |
| 17 | Chambers Heights | 109 |
| 18 | Pheasant Run | 127 |
| 19 | Centretech | 108 |
| 20 | Mission Viejo | 124 |
| 21 | Tollgate Overlook | 114 |
| 21 | Carriage Place | 118 |
| 23 | Tallyn’s Reach | 152 |
| 24 | Dayton Triangle | 116 |
| 25 | Morris Heights | 120 |
| 26 | Heather Ridge | 111 |
| 26 | Lakeshore | 128 |
| 28 | Saddle Rock Golf Club | 137 |
| 29 | Highland Park | 121 |
| 29 | Highline Villages | 112 |
| 31 | Village East | 130 |
| 32 | Aurora Hills | 119 |
| 33 | Seven Hills | 128 |
| 34 | Sunny Vale | 111 |
| 35 | Willow Park | 121 |
| 35 | Lynn Knoll | 125 |
| 37 | Park Villas | 136 |
| 38 | Meadow Wood | 124 |
| 38 | Delmar Parkway | 114 |
| 40 | Conservatory | 131 |
| 40 | Horseshoe Park | 119 |
| 42 | City Center North | 115 |
| 42 | Utah Park | 115 |
| 44 | North Aurora | 120 |
| 45 | Heather Gardens | 115 |
| 46 | Aurora Hills Golf Course | 125 |
| 47 | Heritage Eagle Bend | 152 |
| 48 | Expo Park | 117 |
| 49 | Southeast Crossing | 131 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 49 Aurora neighborhoods.
Summary
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 Center Pointe, East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park, City Center, Meadow Hills, Tower Triangle, Sable Altura Chambers, Aurora Knolls-Hutchinson Heights, Side Creek, Aurora Highlands, 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.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below. Not sold on Colorado? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Cheapest Neighborhoods In Aurora FAQs
What is the cheapest neighborhood in Aurora?
Center Pointe is the cheapest neighborhood in Aurora for 2026. It posts the best combination of overall cost of living, rent against income, and home prices against income. East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park and City Center are next.
What are the cheapest neighborhoods in Aurora?
The cheapest neighborhoods in Aurora are Center Pointe, East Ridge-Ptarmigan Park, City Center, Meadow Hills, Tower Triangle, Sable Altura Chambers, Aurora Knolls-Hutchinson Heights, Side Creek, Aurora Highlands, and Sableridge. We ranked all 49 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you decide which neighborhoods are cheapest?
Three measures: an overall cost of living index, rent-to-income, and home-value-to-income, all from Census tract data. Scoring costs against local incomes keeps one luxury tower from skewing the math.
Is a cheap neighborhood a bad neighborhood?
Not necessarily — this ranking measures what things cost relative to income, nothing else. Check our safest neighborhoods in Aurora ranking before you sign a lease, because cheap and safe are separate questions.
What is the most expensive neighborhood in Aurora?
Southeast Crossing lands at the expensive end of the 49 neighborhoods we scored. If your budget disagrees with it, the rest of the list runs cheaper.
