Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, IN

Most working residents leave Aurora for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (15%), Cincinnati (6%) and Greendale (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 1,633 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,528 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 1,189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

1,528live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

1,189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Lawrenceburg2.9 mi away

15%237

Aurora (in town)right here

6%105

Cincinnati, OH22 mi away

6%104

Greendale6.6 mi away

6%100

Washington5.1 mi away

3%44

Florence, KY14.9 mi away

3%41

Hebron, KY10.6 mi away

2%39

Hogan3.2 mi away

2%37

Batesville22.7 mi away

2%27

Lawrenceburg4 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%873

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.

40%

29%

11%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

1,294 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

1,294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

1,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−36%

Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 2,012 → 1,294. 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.