Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, NE

About one in 3 of Aurora’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grand Island (17%), Lincoln (4%) and York (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

848 of 2,149 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,301 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 848 work right here, and 1,473 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

1,301live here, work elsewhere

848live and work here

1,473work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Aurora (in town)right here

39%848

Grand Island18.8 mi away

17%361

Lincoln69.7 mi away

4%77

York21.6 mi away

3%70

Omaha105.4 mi away

3%59

Kearney57.4 mi away

2%47

Hastings27.3 mi away

2%34

Central City17.2 mi away

1%30

Hampton6.3 mi away

1%21

Columbus52 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%582

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.

47%

28%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

2,321 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

2,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

2,149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 2,027 → 2,321. 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.