Aurora is a large city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 395,052 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 professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aurora who work in office and administrative support (11.87%), management occupations (10.09%), and sales jobs (8.76%). 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: 14.79% 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. The overall education level of Aurora citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.92% 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 $40,424, 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 $161,696 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 30.65% 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: 21.78%. The most common language spoken in Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
