Photo: Alicia Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0Amite City’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C: better than 28% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #74 of 161 in Louisiana.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns · #134 of 161 in Louisiana.
Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Amite City; the top destination outside it is Hammond (9%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Amite City, in brief
Amite City fills up on a workday
Amite City has 5,760 jobs, 3.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,400 people are in town, more than double the 4,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Amite City draws workers from far and wide
The 5,760 jobs in Amite City are filled from a wide area. Amite City’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 77% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Amite City is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Amite City’s workers comes from Hammond
450 of the people who work in Amite City live in Hammond, 16 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Amite City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amite City is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #74 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Amite City’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,636, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amite City could be anywhere from D to B+.
Amite City’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 1,135 residents head out to work, 330 work right here, and 5,430 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Amite City on a workday afternoon, 105% more than live here.
3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Amite City’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Amite City clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
5,760 jobs are based in Amite City. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amite City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amite City, 2013 → 2023: 6,261 → 5,760. 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the LA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amite City workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,376 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Amite City commutes less than 22 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 25% 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.
Most trips from Amite City start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amite City is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #134 of 161 in Louisiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,438 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). 5.1% of Amite City households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amite City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Amite City is 2,975th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Amite City, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 916 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,973 | Alexander AR | 3,801 | $57K | 27.5% | 5.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,974 | Mount Shasta CA | 3,071 | $48K | 17.5% | 0.0% | 36% | C |
| 2,975 | Amite City LA | 4,081 | $45K | 11.2% | 4.8% | 23% | C |
| 2,976 | Hot Springs SD | 3,670 | $66K | 21.1% | 1.8% | 48% | C |
| 2,977 | Penrose CO | 4,087 | $88K | 11.3% | 7.1% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
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 Amite City: questions
What is the median household income in Amite City?
$44,636 (±$7,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amite City?
11.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amite City?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amite City work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hammond (9%, 16 mi), Baton Rouge (6%, 42 mi), New Orleans (3%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amite City walkable?
Amite City is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amite City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amite City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amite City
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.