Amboy has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
3% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). There are 41 jobs in Amboy for 537 working residents. Jobs and income earn Amboy D; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Amboy
Amboy is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Amboy, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Amboy has about 810 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Amboy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Amboy is Syracuse, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (79) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Amboy workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Amboy’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Amboy is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Amboy’s grade up ($65,234, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (11.2%) is left out: Amboy’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Amboy could be anywhere from D− to C.
The workday shuffle in and out of Amboy
On a workday 524 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Amboy on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where in the region Amboy works
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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Amboy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amboy workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 537 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
15% of working residents work in Syracuse
Where Amboy clocks in
15% 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.
A place that makes things: 66% of Amboy’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amboy, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 41. 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 Amboy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Amboy, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amboy is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 553 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.6% of Amboy households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Amboy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Amboy is 4,322nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,320 | Hartford Township IN | 1,010 | $60K | 17.7% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,321 | Washington Township MI | 1,514 | $66K | 15.3% | 5.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,322 | Amboy NY | 1,305 | $65K | 25.7% | 11.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,323 | Redbank Township PA | 1,301 | $64K | 16.9% | 7.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,324 | Franklin WI | 1,132 | $75K | 23.8% | 3.7% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Amboy, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
14% of Amboy works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Parish (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amboy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy | – | D | D | 31 min | $65,234 |
| Williamstown | under 2% | D | C | 36 min | $62,170 |
| Parish | 7% | C− | C− | 32 min | $68,164 |
| Constantia | under 2% | D | D | 37 min | $69,792 |
| Camden | 7% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $62,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amboy’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 Amboy: questions
What is the median household income in Amboy?
$65,234 (±$17,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amboy?
25.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amboy?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amboy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (15%, 26 mi), DeWitt (8%, 24 mi), Cicero (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amboy walkable?
Amboy is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amboy without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amboy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amboy
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.