Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Aurora works elsewhere
There are 21 jobs in Aurora, against 69 working residents. Hardly any stay in Aurora for work; outside it, Oakland is the main destination (10%, 10 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Aurora for work, and who comes in
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Aurora on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
The places Aurora commutes to
Where Aurora clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Aurora: what the 21 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 21. 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.
Working from home in Aurora
of Aurora workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Aurora
About 28% 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.
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?
$55,444 (±$40,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aurora?
22.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Aurora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (10%, 10 mi), Kingwood (4%, 12 mi), Grafton (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aurora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.