Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, MO

Most working residents leave Aurora for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (20%), Monett (13%) and Mount Vernon (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

554 of 3,360 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,806 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 554 work right here, and 1,812 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

2,806live here, work elsewhere

554live and work here

1,812work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Springfield28.3 mi away

20%673

Aurora (in town)right here

16%554

Monett11.9 mi away

13%448

Mount Vernon11 mi away

3%101

Joplin43.8 mi away

3%92

Republic21.8 mi away

2%70

Marionville5.2 mi away

1%49

Branson33.4 mi away

1%40

Nixa23.9 mi away

1%39

Carthage35.6 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,255

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.

23%

29%

34%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

2,366 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

2,366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

3,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−4%

Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 2,463 → 2,366. 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.