Aurora, Illinois

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the east of Aurora and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Naperville. It lies just east of Aurora and has a population of 128,358 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Mount Prospect	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Palatine	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	NE	33 mi [53.1 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Wheaton	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	54,465	1.72% decrease
	Gary (IN)	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Batavia	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	27,502	15.24% increase
	Boulder Hill	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Geneva	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	24,302	24.53% increase
	Lisle	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	23,135	9.22% increase
	Montgomery	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	15,229	178.36% increase
	Mooseheart	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	North Aurora	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	15,812	49.38% increase
	Oswego	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	31,504	136.41% increase
	Plainfield	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	36,507	180% increase
	Saint Charles	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	32,829	17.68% increase
	Sugar Grove	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	9,645	146.74% increase
	Warrenville	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	13,033	2.47% decrease
	West Chicago	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	26,454	12.72% increase
	Winfield	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	9,984	14.52% increase
	Yorkville	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	16,505	166.68% increase

DuPage County

Aurora is primarily located in DuPage County. A portion of Aurora extends into Kane County, Kendall County and Will County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DuPage: Cook, Kane, Kendall and Will.

While not sharing a border with DuPage, the following counties are close to Aurora: Tazewell, DeKalb and Grundy.

Below are counties that are near Aurora (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Aurora:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Aurora
	Boone County	NW	Herbert	36 miles [57 km]
	Coles County	NE	Country Club Estates	31 miles [49 km]
	Cook County	N	Bartlett	14 miles [22 km]
	DeKalb County	W	Hinckley	18 miles [28 km]
	Grundy County	S	Minooka	21 miles [33 km]
	Kane County	S	Scraper-Moecherville	1 miles [1 km]
	Kankakee County	SE	Deselm	39 miles [62 km]
	Kendall County	SW	Boulder Hill	4 miles [6 km]
	La Salle County	SW	Northville	25 miles [40 km]
	Lake County	N	Deer Chase	28 miles [45 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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