Erie County, New York
East AuroraHomes For Sale
A village of about six thousand inside the Town of Aurora — the Roycroft Campus, the birthplace of Fisher-Price and Millard Fillmore’s house, 27 minutes from downtown Buffalo.
13,943
Town population
2020 US Census, Town of Aurora
5,998
Village population
2020 US Census, Village of East Aurora
1874
Village incorporated
Founded 1804
36.4 sq mi
Town area
US Census Bureau
Where it is
The town line, and what it is near.
The outline is the real administrative boundary from OpenStreetMap, not a circle drawn around a pin.
Driving from the centre of East Aurora
- Walden Galleria23min18.9 mi
- Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park23min10.4 mi
- Downtown Buffalo27min21.5 mi
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport32min23.6 mi
- University at Buffalo, North Campus34min26.1 mi
- Niagara Falls48min41.1 mi
Free-flow driving times and distances from the Mapbox Directions API, measured September 2026 from the town-centre point shown on the map. Expect longer at peak, and longer again in winter.
Listings
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A local’s perspective
Getting to know East Aurora.
East Aurora is an incorporated village in the north-east of the Town of Aurora, in Erie County south-east of Buffalo. The village was founded in 1804 and incorporated in 1874, and covers 2.52 square miles with a 2020 census population of 5,998.
The Town of Aurora around it was created in 1818 from the now-defunct town of Willink; residents chose the name Aurora in a show of their dissatisfaction with the Holland Land Company. The town covers 36.4 square miles and had a 2020 census population of 13,943. Outside the village, its settlements are hamlets — West Falls, Griffins Mills, Blakeley and the Aurora side of South Wales.
Millard Fillmore, later the 13th President, practised law here and lived in East Aurora from 1826 to 1830. In 1895 Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft community of printers, furniture makers, metalsmiths, leathersmiths and bookbinders, and its campus on South Grove Street became a National Historic Landmark in 1986. Fisher-Price was founded in the village in 1930, and its headquarters remain here on Girard Avenue.
In the team’s own words: find the newest homes for sale and real estate listings in East Aurora. In this competitive market it’s important to stay on top of the newest listings, and to alert us on anything you would like to see.
If you would like more information on any of these East Aurora homes for sale, just request information on the listing details page of the property. We can provide you with information that’s not available to the public including disclosures, past sales history, dates and prices of homes recently sold nearby, and more.
At a glance
- County
- Erie County, NY
- Village
- East Aurora, incorporated 1874
- Hamlets
- West Falls, South Wales, Griffins Mills, Blakeley
- Town created
- 1818, from Willink
- School district
- East Aurora Union Free (most of the town)
- To downtown Buffalo
- About 27 minutes
Thinking about East Aurora?
Disclosures, past sale history, and the dates and prices of homes sold nearby are not on the public portals. They are one call away.
Call (716) 531-2898Highlights
Why people choose East Aurora.
A National Historic Landmark campus
Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft community here in 1895. Its campus around South Grove and Main Street was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986, and the Roycroft Inn still offers dining and lodging.
Where Fisher-Price began
The toy company was founded in East Aurora in 1930 by Herman Fisher, Irving Price, Margaret Evans Price and Helen Schelle. Its headquarters are still in the village, on Girard Avenue.
A president’s house
Millard Fillmore built a house on Shearer Avenue while he practised law here. It is a National Historic Landmark, owned and operated by the Aurora Historical Society since 1975.
633 acres of state park
Knox Farm State Park, the former country estate of the Knox family, sits on the village’s north-west edge with trails for hiking, riding, biking and cross-country skiing.
A village inside a town
The Village of East Aurora has its own board, police, public works, water and fire departments. The rest of the Town of Aurora is governed by the town alone, so the address decides the tax bill and the services.
Twenty-three minutes to Highmark Stadium
Measured driving from the village centre: about 23 minutes to Highmark Stadium and to Walden Galleria, and 27 to downtown Buffalo.
Neighborhoods
One town, 6 places with their own name.
A mailing address and a municipality are not the same thing in East Aurora. This is which is which.
Village
East Aurora
Founded 1804, incorporated 1874, in the north-east of the town. Main Street, the Roycroft Campus and Fisher-Price’s headquarters are all here, along with the village’s own police, public works and water departments.
Hamlet
West Falls
In the south-west corner of the town on Cazenovia Creek, along NY Route 240, with the West Falls-Colden Community Library.
Hamlet
South Wales
Shared between the towns of Aurora and Wales. Emery Park and the Gow School are here, and NY Route 400 begins in the hamlet.
Hamlet
Griffins Mills
Settled in the early nineteenth century on the West Branch of Cazenovia Creek, in the area once known as West Aurora.
Hamlet
Blakeley
A settlement in the south-eastern part of the town.
Unincorporated
Town outside the village
Most of the town’s 36.4 square miles sits outside the village and is governed by the town alone — a different tax bill and a different set of services from a village address.
Lifestyle
What is actually in East Aurora.
The Roycroft Campus
The Arts and Crafts campus on South Grove Street, with the Roycroft Inn for dining and lodging and the Elbert Hubbard Museum.
Main Street
Vidler’s 5 & 10, open since June 1930 and now run by the third generation of the Vidler family, and the Aurora Theater with its neon marquee.
Knox Farm State Park
633 acres of pasture, hayfield, woodland and ponds, with trails, a visitor centre and a dog park of about six acres.
Emery Park
An Erie County park of about 457 acres in South Wales, with a nature trail, disc golf, camping, and downhill and cross-country skiing in winter.
Millard Fillmore House
The house Fillmore built on Shearer Avenue, restored to his period by the Aurora Historical Society.
Hamlin Park and Sinking Ponds
Hamlin Park hosts village celebrations and the Aurora Players theatre company; Sinking Ponds Nature Preserve has hiking trails.
Schools
Which district serves East Aurora.
Public district
East Aurora Union Free School District
Serves most of the town, from three schools: Parkdale Elementary on Girard Avenue, East Aurora Middle School on Main Street, and East Aurora High School on Center Road.
Districts that also draw from the town
Holland Central School District
Iroquois Central School District
Orchard Park Central School District
Before you write an offer
The edges of the town are split
East Aurora Union Free covers most of Aurora, but parts of the town are in the Holland, Iroquois and Orchard Park districts, and South Wales straddles the Wales town line. We confirm the assigned district and school for the exact address, in writing.
District and school assignments are set by the districts and can change. Nothing here is a rating or a recommendation of any school. Verify the assignment for a specific address with the district before you rely on it — or ask us and we will confirm it in writing. See the New York State Fair Housing Notice.
Before you sign
The parts that are not the house.
HOAs and associations
Whether East Aurora comes with dues.
Whether a homeowners association applies in Aurora is a fact about the specific property, not the town, and we establish it from the documents before you commit.
- We pull the association documents, the current dues and any special assessment on file before you commit — not after the inspection period has already started.
- A Village of East Aurora address carries village tax and village services — police, public works, water and fire — on top of the town’s. Not an HOA, but the line people most often mistake for one here.
- Outside the village, on larger parcels, the questions that matter are rarely dues. Septic, well capacity and water quality, easements and shared-driveway agreements decide the real cost.
- Dues and coverage vary by association and change year to year, so we quote them from the current documents for that specific property.
New construction
Building new in East Aurora.
A new build in Aurora is either inside the village, where village boards review it, or out in the town, where a parcel may depend on its own septic and well.
- Inside the village, the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Historic Preservation commission all have a say in what gets built, so the approvals for a specific lot are worth establishing before you design.
- On a build-on-your-own-lot in the town, percolation, septic approval, well and the distance of utility runs decide the budget long before finishes do.
- A builder’s on-site agent represents the builder. Bring your own representation to the first visit; on most builder contracts you cannot add it afterwards.
Nearby
Also worth a look beside East Aurora.
ElmaWide-open rural charm with room to breathe, still close to everything.Explore
Orchard ParkPicturesque village living, home to Highmark Stadium and top schools.Explore
MarillaQuiet country roads and room to spread out, east of Elma.Explore
West SenecaEstablished neighborhoods and a tight-knit community south of the city.Explore
Market trends
What the East Aurora market is doing.
Live, not last quarter
The grid above is the market.
There is no median price or days-on-market figure printed on this page on purpose. Those move week to week, and a number typed into a web page last quarter is a number that will be wrong when you need it. What is on this page is the live MLS feed for East Aurora, updated as listings change.
The rest of the picture — what has actually been selling, what it sold for, how long it sat, and the disclosures and sale history that public portals do not publish — comes from the MLS, and we will walk you through it for the streets you are looking at.
Ask for the East Aurora numbersThinking of selling
What your East Aurora home is worth today.
An instant estimate is a starting point, not a price. It does not know what you did to the kitchen, and it does not know what the house three streets over actually closed at. Start with the estimate, then we will price it against the real comparable sales.
Questions
East Aurora, answered.
The questions buyers and sellers actually open with, answered straight rather than hedged.
What school district is East Aurora in?
The East Aurora Union Free School District serves the village and most of the Town of Aurora, from Parkdale Elementary, East Aurora Middle School and East Aurora High School. Parts of the town are in the Holland, Iroquois and Orchard Park central school districts instead, so for a property toward the town line we confirm the assignment in writing before you make an offer.
Is East Aurora a town or a village?
A village. The Village of East Aurora, incorporated in 1874, sits inside the Town of Aurora, which was created in 1818. An East Aurora mailing address can be in the village or out in the town, and that decides which taxes and services apply, so we confirm it for every property.
What is the difference between a village and a town address here?
A village address carries village tax and village services — the village has its own board, police, public works, water and fire departments — on top of the town’s. A town address outside the village is governed by the Town of Aurora alone. Neither is an HOA, but the difference shows up on the tax bill.
What hamlets are in the Town of Aurora?
West Falls, Griffins Mills and Blakeley are hamlets in the town, and South Wales is shared between the towns of Aurora and Wales. None of them is separately incorporated; East Aurora is the town’s only village.
What is the Roycroft Campus?
The campus of the Roycroft community Elbert Hubbard founded in East Aurora in 1895, where printers, furniture makers, metalsmiths, leathersmiths and bookbinders worked as part of the Arts and Crafts movement. Its buildings around South Grove Street and Main Street were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986, and the Roycroft Inn still offers dining and lodging.
Is Fisher-Price still in East Aurora?
Yes. Fisher-Price was founded in East Aurora in 1930, and its headquarters remain in the village on Girard Avenue. The company has been owned by Mattel since 1993.
How far is East Aurora from Buffalo?
Measured driving from the village centre: about 27 minutes to downtown Buffalo, 23 to Highmark Stadium and to Walden Galleria, and 32 to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Those are free-flow times from the Mapbox Directions API and will run longer at peak.
What parks are near East Aurora?
Knox Farm State Park, 633 acres on the village’s north-west edge, has trails for hiking, riding, biking and cross-country skiing and a dog park. Emery Park, an Erie County park of about 457 acres in South Wales, has a nature trail, disc golf, camping and winter skiing. In the village, Hamlin Park and the Sinking Ponds Nature Preserve are closer to hand.
How do I hear about new East Aurora listings first?
In the team’s own words: in this competitive market it’s important to stay on top of the newest listings and to alert us on anything you would like to see. Register on the search site for email alerts when new East Aurora homes come on the market, or call James Hoffman at (716) 531-2898 — the team can provide information that is not available to the public, including disclosures, past sales history, and the dates and prices of homes recently sold nearby.
Next step
Buying or selling in East Aurora?
James Hoffman and The House Hoffman Team has closed over 2,773 transactions and has ranked in HUNT’s top five for closed volume and transactions for more than a decade. The office is at 8780 Sheridan Drive in Williamsville, inside the town.