Work & commute · East Aurora

Work & commute in East Aurora, NY

Most working residents leave East Aurora for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (20%), Aurora (19%) and Amherst (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

441 of 2,730 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,289 East Aurora residents head out of town to work, 441 work right here, and 4,868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Aurora.

2,289live here, work elsewhere

441live and work here

4,868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Aurora goes to work

Buffalo15.1 mi away

20%555

Aurora2.2 mi away

19%518

Amherst18.3 mi away

9%248

Cheektowaga11.7 mi away

5%134

Orchard Park6.3 mi away

5%123

West Seneca8.4 mi away

4%110

Hamburg12.3 mi away

3%95

Lancaster10 mi away

3%87

Elma4.5 mi away

2%66

Marilla6 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%729

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far East Aurora commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

49%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Aurora is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Aurora are

5,309 jobs are based in East Aurora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Aurora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Aurora

5,309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs East Aurora residents hold

2,730 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−16%

Jobs based in East Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 6,316 → 5,309. 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.