What is the average commute in Aurora city, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Aurora city, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CO · GEOID 8040002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aurora, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Aurora city, Colorado
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.6 min one way; 16.5% worked from home, 66.5% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.6 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home16.5%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone66.5%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.4%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Aurora city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute29.9 min → 28.6 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 16.5%▲ 5.6 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit4.1% → 3.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.1% → 66.5%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aurora city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.5%; 3.4% used public transit and 16.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.5% ±1.0 pp

Carpool10.2% ±0.7 pp

Public transit3.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home16.5% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 206,488 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aurora city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

80^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

62^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aurora city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 206,488 workers age 16+, including 172,515 workers with reported travel time and 33,973 home workers.

Population estimate394,432± 85 MOE

Workers age 16+206,488± 2,490 MOE

Workers with travel time172,515± 2,353 MOE

Estimated home workers33,973± 1,653 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Colorado commute records for Aurora city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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