East Aurora is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,023 people and four associated neighborhoods, East Aurora is the 277th largest community in New York. East Aurora has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.East Aurora is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.22% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, East Aurora is a village of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Aurora who work in management occupations (19.20%), teaching (13.59%), and healthcare (11.21%). Also of interest is that East 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: 18.01% 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. In addition, East Aurora is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.If knowledge is power, East Aurora is a pretty powerful place. 55.13% of the adults in East Aurora have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in East Aurora in 2022 was $50,396, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $201,584 for a family of four. The people who call East Aurora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Aurora residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in East Aurora include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in East Aurora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Arabic.
