What is the average commute in Aurora city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.1%, 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 · IL · GEOID 17030122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aurora, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Aurora city, Illinois
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 16.1% worked from home, 67.0% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home16.1%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone67.0%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.9%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 -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 27.2 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 16.1%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 2.6%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 67.0%▼ 4.5 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 67.0%; 2.6% used public transit and 16.1% worked from home.

Drive alone67.0% ±1.4 pp

Carpool11.2% ±0.9 pp

Public transit2.6% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home16.1% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 93,709 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 67th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aurora city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 93,709 workers age 16+, including 78,579 workers with reported travel time and 15,130 home workers.

Population estimate179,898± 487 MOE

Workers age 16+93,709± 1,642 MOE

Workers with travel time78,579± 1,698 MOE

Estimated home workers15,130± 833 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 Illinois commute records for Aurora city

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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