Aurora has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The average commute takes 38 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. 15 jobs are based in Aurora, and 153 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 17% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Aurora: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Aurora on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
11% of working residents work in Gilman
Where Aurora clocks in
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Aurora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Time on the road from Aurora: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aurora workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 143 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Aurora
About 34% 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.
11% of Aurora works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aurora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | – | — | — | 38 min | $54,375 |
| Pershing | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Ford | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Gilman | 11% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Colburn | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pershing and Ford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Gilman: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Colburn: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gilman. 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?
$54,375 (±$17,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aurora?
9.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aurora?
38 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aurora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gilman (11%, 3 mi), Thorp (7%, 15 mi), Medford (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aurora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.