Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, NY

Most working residents leave Aurora for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ledyard (16%), Lansing (8%) and Ithaca (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 247 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 228 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

228live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Ledyard1.3 mi away

16%39

Lansing15.4 mi away

8%19

Ithaca24.7 mi away

7%18

Auburn14.2 mi away

6%14

Syracuse34.5 mi away

5%12

Ithaca23.5 mi away

4%10

Genoa9.8 mi away

3%7

Venice8.2 mi away

3%7

Springport7.1 mi away

3%7

New York202.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%108

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%

34%

19%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is a job hub

2.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

565 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

565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+36%

Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 565. 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.