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, Aurora isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Aurora are a mix 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.52 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, Aurora is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.85% of adults in Aurora have a college degree. 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. Aurora also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.05%. The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
