Most of Aurora commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Aurora is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. 270 jobs are based in Aurora; 603 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Aurora A; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Aurora: the figures worth knowing
Aurora and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Aurora residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Aurora come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Aurora workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 603 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Aurora’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Aurora is better than 94% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Aurora’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Aurora’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Aurora could be anywhere from A− to A+.
25% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Aurora clocks in
25% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Commuting from Aurora: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aurora workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 671 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
How a workday changes Aurora
On a workday 598 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Aurora on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
A place that makes things: 84% of Aurora’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 270. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Aurora
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.
Getting around Aurora: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aurora is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 798 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Aurora households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aurora’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Aurora is 195th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Willowbrook IL | 1,913 | $90K | 2.8% | 1.8% | <1% | A |
| 194 | Saukville WI | 1,809 | $106K | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3% | A |
| 195 | Aurora TX | 1,643 | $106K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 1% | A |
| 196 | Webster Township OH | 1,255 | $105K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 197 | Eaton WI | 1,706 | $113K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Aurora, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work in the towns next to Aurora
Jobs & commute next door
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 median household income in Aurora?
$105,962 (±$7,159) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aurora?
4.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aurora?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aurora work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (25%, 21 mi), Irving (6%, 34 mi), Decatur (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aurora walkable?
Aurora is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aurora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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. 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.