City Area: 164.832 square miles
Latitude: 39° 41' 45" N (39.695833°)
Longitude: 104° 48' 29" W (-104.808056°)

Highest Elevation: 6,229 feet (1/4 mile north of Inspiration Drive and Antelope Trail)
Lowest Elevation: 5,285 feet (Sand Creek Wastewater Reclamation Facility)

Municipal Parks: 103 Developed, 12 Undeveloped

Aurora has 2,175.31 miles of sidewalks (counting both sides of the street), 1,727.41 miles of roads (only counting both sides of the street if there is a median), 29.02 miles of passenger rail and 164.18 miles of bike infrastructure.

Traveling to Work

Less than half of Aurora's residents (47%) travel more than 30 minutes to get to work each day, this number has significantly gone down since 2018. The following charts show aggregate travel times to work and their means of transportation to get there. The average commute to work for Aurora's residents is 29.9 minutes. One effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that 10.8% of Aurora residents are now working remotely. This could have a result on the minutes travelled to work and the number of residents that are now travelling less to work each day. 

Travel Time to Work

Image Description: Bar chart showing the percentage of the population and their commute times to work (percentage in parentheses): Less than 15 minutes (Aurora 13.8% Metro Area 19.0%), 15 to 29 minutes (Aurora 39.0% Metro Area 37.4%), 30 to 44 minutes (Aurora Metro Area %), 45 to 59 minutes (Aurora 9.8% Metro Area 9.6%), 60 to 89 minutes (Aurora 6.6% Metro Area 5.5%), 90 or more minutes (Aurora 2.6% Metro Area 1.9%)

Commuting to Work 

Image Description: Chart showing the percentage of the population in Aurora and the way they commute to work (percentage in parentheses): Drove alone (72.1%), Carpooled (10.2%), Public Transportation (4.1%), Walked (1.4%), Other means (1.1%), Worked remotely (10.8%)

Source: U.S Census Bureau 2017-2021 ACS 5-Year Estimates