Work & commute · Aurora

Work & commute in Aurora, OH

Most working residents leave Aurora for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Solon (8%), Cleveland (6%) and Twinsburg (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

928 of 6,847 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,919 Aurora residents head out of town to work, 928 work right here, and 7,014 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurora.

5,919live here, work elsewhere

928live and work here

7,014work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurora goes to work

Aurora (in town)right here

14%928

Solon8.1 mi away

8%552

Cleveland21.7 mi away

6%396

Twinsburg5.9 mi away

4%280

Akron18.2 mi away

3%226

Streetsboro4.3 mi away

3%202

Beachwood15 mi away

3%175

Hudson7.1 mi away

2%141

Bainbridge5.8 mi away

2%130

Columbus125.6 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,695

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.

43%

36%

10%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurora is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurora are

7,942 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

7,942 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Aurora residents hold

6,847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Aurora, 2013 → 2023: 6,726 → 7,942. 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.