Work & commute · North Aurora

Work & commute in North Aurora, IL

Most working residents leave North Aurora for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Aurora (13%), Chicago (12%) and Naperville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

288 of 9,332 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,044 North Aurora residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 5,447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Aurora.

9,044live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

5,447work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Aurora goes to work

Aurora4.1 mi away

13%1,173

Chicago33.9 mi away

12%1,091

Naperville10.1 mi away

6%533

Batavia3.1 mi away

5%497

Geneva5.1 mi away

4%396

St. Charles7.8 mi away

4%327

North Aurora (in town)right here

3%288

West Chicago8.7 mi away

2%200

Batavia2 mi away

2%162

Elgin15.9 mi away

2%161

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,504

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

How far

How far North Aurora commutes

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

43%

29%

25%

43%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Aurora is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Aurora are

5,735 jobs are based in North Aurora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Aurora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Aurora

5,735 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs North Aurora residents hold

9,332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+17%

Jobs based in North Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 4,906 → 5,735. 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.