Bank of Amity, Old · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Amity works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Amity; the top destination outside it is Arkadelphia (17%, 24 miles). 95 jobs are based in Amity, against 242 working residents. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way (Arkansas 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Amity at work: what stands out
Amity’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Amity is Arkadelphia, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (40) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Amity
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Amity by day and by night
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Amity on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Amity commutes to
Where Amity clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 40% of Amity’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amity, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 95. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Amity
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amity workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Amity: questions
What is the median household income in Amity?
$38,542 (±$19,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amity?
37.3%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amity?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amity work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arkadelphia (17%, 24 mi), Glenwood (9%, 6 mi), Hot Springs (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amity without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amity
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.