Amesti has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Amesti report 250 jobs for 1,168 working residents. For jobs and income Amesti is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Amesti is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Amesti, in brief
Amesti workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 31 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Amesti and Watsonville trade workers both ways
Watsonville is the top workplace for Amesti residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Amesti come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Amesti is a place people come home to
There are 250 jobs based in Amesti, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Amesti has about 1,900 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Amesti’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Amesti’s grade up ($108,833, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amesti could be anywhere from C to A.
Commuting from Amesti: about 39 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amesti workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,045 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
18% of working residents work in Watsonville
Where Amesti clocks in
18% 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.
How a workday changes Amesti
On a workday 1,119 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Amesti on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Amesti makes things: 62% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amesti, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 250. 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 Amesti’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Amesti
About 17% 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.
In Amesti, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,207 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 50% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Amesti households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amesti’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,020th of 4,703: where Amesti ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,018 | Bradford Township MN | 3,549 | $93K | 4.5% | 14.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,019 | York NY | 3,163 | $80K | 15.0% | 1.6% | 9% | B− |
| 2,020 | Amesti CA | 2,818 | $109K | 13.4% | 4.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,021 | Colonial Pine Hills SD | 2,609 | $99K | 0.2% | 8.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,022 | Harveys Lake PA | 2,889 | $76K | 5.1% | 4.5% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Amesti, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 18% of Amesti
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amesti workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amesti | – | B− | C+ | 39 min | $108,833 |
| Watsonville | 18% | C | A | 26 min | $78,393 |
| Freedom | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $93,750 |
| Corralitos | under 2% | A− | C− | 21 min | $171,113 |
| Interlaken | under 2% | B− | B | 26 min | $109,150 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Watsonville. Darker towns draw more of Amesti’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Amesti: questions
What is the median household income in Amesti?
$108,833 (±$24,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amesti?
13.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amesti?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amesti work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watsonville (18%, 2 mi), Santa Cruz (9%, 14 mi), San Jose (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amesti walkable?
Amesti is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amesti without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 50% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amesti, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amesti
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.