Ama has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Louisiana has 8%. 160 jobs are based in Ama, and 656 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Ama are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ama: the figures worth knowing
What’s behind Ama’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ama is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Ama’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Ama’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ama could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who leaves Ama for work, and who comes in
On a workday 646 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Ama 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.
16% of working residents work in Luling
Where Ama clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
88% of the jobs in Ama pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ama, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 160. 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 Ama’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Ama spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ama workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 460 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
The distance from Ama to work
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.
Most of Ama commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ama is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ama near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 467 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Ama households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ama’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ama is 2,350th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Paulina LA | 1,785 | $89K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,348 | Muenster TX | 1,742 | $88K | 10.2% | 0.4% | 20% | B− |
| 2,349 | Dollar Point CA | 1,477 | $77K | 3.5% | 8.8% | 8% | B− |
| 2,350 | Ama LA | 1,483 | $73K | 17.7% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,351 | Midtown TN | 1,369 | $61K | 8.3% | 6.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,352 | Hamilton IN | 1,559 | $70K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Ama, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Ama’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Luling. Darker towns draw more of Ama’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 Ama: questions
What is the median household income in Ama?
$73,359 (±$25,355) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ama?
17.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ama?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ama work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luling (16%, 5 mi), New Orleans (13%, 23 mi), Metairie (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ama walkable?
Ama is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ama 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 Ama, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ama
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.