Aurora

City Commute Profile

Aurora, CO

Where Aurora’s 189,774 resident workers go each day — 23.1% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Denver.

ColoradoLODES 2023 data
47
Commute Score

47 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Aurora at a glance
Employed Residents
189,774
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
23.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Denver
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Aurora proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Aurora commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Aurora

189,774 commutes, one dot at a time

Aurora

Where 189,774 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Aurora, by worker count.

1Denver9.2 mi57,765
2Aurora0.0 mi43,873
3Centennial7.9 mi9,718
4Greenwood Village7.9 mi9,303
5Lakewood16.8 mi4,461
6Commerce City12.7 mi3,929
7Colorado Springs56.1 mi3,886
8Parker11.8 mi3,075

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Aurora.

1Aurora0.0 mi43,873
2Denver9.2 mi34,155
3Centennial7.9 mi6,073
4Colorado Springs56.1 mi5,078
5Thornton17.7 mi4,455
6Commerce City12.7 mi3,771
7Highlands Ranch13.8 mi3,473
8Lakewood16.8 mi3,251

Top industries

The sectors that employ Aurora’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.4%
EDEducational Services11.6%
RTRetail Trade11.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.7%
WSWholesale Trade6.6%
COConstruction3.6%

Aurora city profile

Who lives in Aurora — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
394,432
Median age
35.3yrs
Median household income
$88,368
Median home value
$469,100
Median gross rent
$1,835/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.6%
Poverty rate
11.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Aurora

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps56%
8 Gbps56%
See all internet providers in Aurora

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).