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Aurora, IL
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Aurora profile


Living in Aurora



Aurora is a relatively large city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 177,866 people and 42 constituent neighborhoods, Aurora is the second largest community in Illinois.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.63% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Aurora use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Aurora‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The citizens of Aurora are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.79% of adults in Aurora have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Aurora in 2018 was $34,805, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,220 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. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Aurora, accounting for 41.52% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Aurora residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Aurora include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.

Aurora also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.88%.

The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.