Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, KS

Most working residents leave Aurora for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Concordia (23%), Salina (14%) and Junction City (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 22 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

22live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Concordia10.1 mi away

23%5

Salina44.4 mi away

14%3

Junction City46.6 mi away

9%2

Glasco17.6 mi away

5%1

Hope57.9 mi away

5%1

Clyde11.9 mi away

5%1

Miltonvale8.2 mi away

5%1

Beloit30.9 mi away

5%1

Garden City206 mi away

5%1

Hutchinson98 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%5

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.

18%

36%

27%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

2 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

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

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.