Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAmo has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Amo has 62 jobs; 177 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Amo for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (32%, 26 miles). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Amo by day
On a workday 175 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Amo on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Out of Amo to work: where people go
Where Amo clocks in
32% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
In Amo, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amo, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 62. 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 Amo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Amo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amo workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Where in the region Amo works
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.
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 Amo: questions
What is the median household income in Amo?
$91,250 (±$19,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amo?
9.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amo?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 26 mi), Plainfield (9%, 13 mi), Danville (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amo
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.