Brick School House · Photo: MisterVA57 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Aurora
Hardly any work in Aurora; the top destination outside it is Ellsworth (25%, 23 miles). 6% of workers work from home; Maine has 16%. Working residents average 34 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Aurora by day
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Aurora ends
Where Aurora clocks in
25% of workers
17% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Aurora, services account for most jobs
30 jobs are based in Aurora.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 30. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aurora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aurora workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Aurora
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Aurora
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aurora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | – | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Osborn | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Amherst | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Great Pond | under 3% | — | — | 57 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Osborn, Amherst and Great Pond: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aurora’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aurora: questions
What is the poverty rate in Aurora?
15.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aurora?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aurora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellsworth (25%, 23 mi), Bangor (17%, 26 mi), Augusta (6%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aurora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aurora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aurora
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.