Aurora Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Aurora, Colorado: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Aurora: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Aurora spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 223 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Aurora holds about 6.3% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 7.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Aurora would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,767 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Aurora	26.8 min	53.6 min	223 hrs/yr	$6,917	3,210
Colorado	22.0 min	44.1 min	184 hrs/yr	$5,694	1,277
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Aurora Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.8 minutes to get to work in Aurora. That's 19% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Aurora

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Aurora: 4.1 times more than the Colorado average (0.5% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Aurora: 5.7 times less than the Colorado average (0.2% vs 0.9%).

Commute Mode Trends in Aurora, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Aurora get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.2%	3.2%	5.4%	1.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%
2010	88.3%	3.2%	5.4%	1.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2011	87.9%	3.4%	5.7%	1.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%
2012	88.1%	3.2%	5.9%	1.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%
2013	87.5%	3.5%	5.8%	1.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%
2014	87.7%	3.5%	5.9%	1.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2015	87.6%	3.7%	6.0%	1.5%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2016	87.3%	4.1%	5.7%	1.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2017	87.1%	4.7%	5.5%	1.6%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2018	87.5%	4.9%	5.0%	1.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	87.2%	5.4%	4.8%	1.5%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	85.0%	7.8%	4.3%	1.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2021	82.5%	10.6%	4.2%	1.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	80.6%	12.8%	3.8%	1.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	78.5%	14.6%	3.8%	1.6%	1.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2024	76.8%	16.3%	3.5%	1.5%	1.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 88.3%. Overall it fell from 88.2% in 2009 to 76.8% in 2024, down 11.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Aurora: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 16.3% in 2024, up 13.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 5.4% to 3.5% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Aurora

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Aurora?

The bars show when commuters in Aurora leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Colorado for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.6%

Aurora Colorado Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Aurora is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Colorado: 43.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.5%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Aurora, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Aurora Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Aurora next to Colorado and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Aurora	Colorado	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:26 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Aurora were on the road by 7:26 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Aurora now leave 12 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Aurora's commute time compare?

Metric	Aurora	Colorado	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.8 min	22.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.3%	21.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.5%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Aurora is 26.8 minutes, longer than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

3.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.6% in Colorado. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Aurora, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Aurora, CO compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Aurora, CO	367,361	26.8 min #3/3	16.3% #3/3	7:26 AM #1/3
Denver, CO	718,150	22.9 min	27.3%	7:47 AM
Four Square Mile, CO	22,650	23.4 min	21.8%	7:50 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Aurora, Colorado.

Is commuting expensive in Aurora, Colorado?

Commuters here spend an estimated 223 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,917 at a typical national wage. That's 21% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Aurora, Colorado?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Aurora, Colorado. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.