Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, IL

About one in 5 of Aurora’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Aurora (21%), Chicago (10%) and Naperville (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

10,600 of 51,483 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40,883 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 10,600 work right here, and 34,000 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

40,883live here, work elsewhere

10,600live and work here

34,000work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Aurora1.5 mi away

21%10,679

Chicago33 mi away

10%5,000

Naperville8.2 mi away

7%3,382

Batavia5.5 mi away

4%1,829

St. Charles10.4 mi away

3%1,344

Geneva7.8 mi away

2%1,238

North Aurora3 mi away

2%1,194

West Chicago10.1 mi away

2%1,169

Montgomery4 mi away

2%1,057

Bolingbrook12.3 mi away

2%823

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%23,768

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aurora commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

26%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

44,600 jobs are based in Aurora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aurora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aurora

44,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

51,483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 47,532 → 44,600. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.