Aurora Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
31 jobs are based in Aurora Township; 233 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Aurora Township for work; outside it, Owatonna is the main destination (40%, 10 miles). For 10% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Aurora Township in brief
Aurora Township is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Aurora Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aurora Township has about 320 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Aurora Township works in Owatonna
93 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Owatonna, 10 miles away. That’s far more as work in Aurora Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Aurora Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 233 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Aurora Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
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 people from Aurora Township work
Where Aurora Township clocks in
40% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Aurora Township: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aurora Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 31. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Aurora Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aurora Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Aurora Township
About 16% 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.
How Aurora Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aurora Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $86,667 |
| Ripley Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Somerset Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Havana Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Blooming Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ripley Township, Somerset Township, Havana Township and Blooming Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aurora Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Aurora Township?
$86,667 (±$25,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aurora Township?
1.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aurora Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aurora Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owatonna (40%, 10 mi), Faribault (8%, 24 mi), Rochester (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aurora Township without a car?
<1% 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aurora Township
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.