Photo: Aidanmcl · CC BY-SA 4.0East Aurora has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 5,218 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn East Aurora A; getting around on foot earns it A. There are 5,690 jobs in East Aurora, and 2,719 of its residents work somewhere. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 12.2 in Buffalo.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
East Aurora at work: what stands out
East Aurora is where the jobs are
East Aurora has 5,690 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,900 people are in town, 50% more than the 5,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
East Aurora and Aurora trade workers both ways
Aurora is the top workplace for East Aurora residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in East Aurora come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from East Aurora are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of East Aurora works from home
24% of East Aurora workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in East Aurora
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, East Aurora is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #108 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Aurora could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A workday in East Aurora: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,247 residents head out to work and 472 work right here.
About 8,900 people are in East Aurora on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where East Aurora’s workforce comes from
Where East Aurora clocks in
20% of workers
20% 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.
From East Aurora, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Aurora workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,262 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in East Aurora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Aurora, 2014 → 2024: 6,097 → 5,690. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Aurora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from East Aurora to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East Aurora is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Aurora is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #115 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place East Aurora near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,957 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 36% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of East Aurora households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Aurora’s commuters take a bus or train.
533rd of 3,336: where East Aurora ranks among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 531 | Hopkinton NH | 6,120 | $137K | 6.5% | 1.3% | 14% | A |
| 532 | Woodcliff Lake NJ | 6,193 | $214K | 1.0% | 12.0% | 5% | A |
| 533 | East Aurora NY | 5,949 | $104K | 3.0% | 4.0% | 17% | A |
| 534 | Liberty Township IN | 6,297 | $82K | 5.6% | 1.4% | 7% | A |
| 535 | Plattsmouth NE | 6,955 | $74K | 5.1% | 0.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of East Aurora, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
East Aurora and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Aurora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Aurora | – | A | A | 26 min | $103,949 |
| Billington Heights | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Billington Heights: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East 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 2024, 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 East Aurora: questions
What is the median household income in East Aurora?
$103,949 (±$7,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Aurora?
3.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Aurora?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Aurora work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aurora (20%, 2 mi), Buffalo (20%, 15 mi), Amherst (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Aurora walkable?
East Aurora is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Aurora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 36% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Aurora, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Aurora
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.