Aurora is a large city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 393,537 people and 93 associated neighborhoods, Aurora is the third largest community in Colorado.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Aurora is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Aurora is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aurora who work in office and administrative support (12.51%), management occupations (9.55%), and sales jobs (8.87%). Also of interest is that Aurora has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Aurora telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.04% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Aurora is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Aurora, the average commute to work is 30.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The overall education level of Aurora citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.85% of adults in Aurora have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Aurora in 2022 was $38,047, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,188 for a family of four. However, Aurora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Aurora is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aurora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aurora residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Aurora also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Aurora include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. In addition, Aurora has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.05%). The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
