Aurora is the second-largest city in Illinois, spread across four counties on the Fox River, though its heart is in Kane. It's a real city, not a small suburb, and the housing reflects that: everything from historic homes and a revived downtown to established mid-century neighborhoods and large newer subdivisions on the far east and west sides, across a very wide range of price points. The downtown, the Paramount Theatre, and RiverEdge Park along the water anchor a genuine urban center.
For buyers, the scale and the range are the story. There's a lot of inventory in Aurora, in a lot of shapes and prices, so there's room to be selective, and it spans several school districts depending on where in the city you are. Aurora is the western terminus of the busy Metra BNSF line, which makes a downtown-Chicago commute practical, and the Route 59 station serves the far east side. Because the city is so large and varied, anchor hard on comps for the specific neighborhood.