Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Amenia (6.0%) is higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
21% of workers work from home; New York has 15%. For jobs and income Amenia is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). About one in seven stay in Amenia for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (15%, 83 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Amenia
Amenia trades workers with the towns around it
Amenia has about as many jobs (1,638) as working residents (1,478), but they are mostly different people: 1,285 residents leave for work each day while 1,445 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Amenia are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Amenia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Amenia is New York City, 83 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (223) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Amenia pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Amenia pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Amenia
The poverty rate holds Amenia’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amenia could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who works in Amenia, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,285 residents head out to work, 193 work right here, and 1,445 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Amenia
About 30% 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.
73% of the jobs in Amenia pay over $3,333 a month
1,638 jobs are based in Amenia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amenia, 2013 → 2023: 1,823 → 1,638. 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 Amenia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Amenia: the destinations
Where Amenia clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
About 35 minutes to work from Amenia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amenia workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,420 commuters (the 21% 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.
Driving is how Amenia gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,799 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 12.7% of Amenia households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Amenia’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Amenia ranks: 2,937th of 4,283 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,935 | Pearisburg VA | 2,873 | $76K | 11.9% | 4.2% | 17% | C |
| 2,936 | Hornellsville NY | 3,892 | $73K | 8.4% | 6.3% | 13% | C |
| 2,937 | Amenia NY | 4,052 | $76K | 9.0% | 6.0% | 13% | C |
| 2,938 | Pittsford VT | 2,859 | $70K | 11.3% | 4.2% | 11% | C |
| 2,939 | Lindale GA | 4,289 | $44K | 25.5% | 1.8% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Amenia, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Amenia’s workers
The biggest share goes to North East (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amenia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amenia | – | C | B | 35 min | $76,426 |
| Washington | 3% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $102,303 |
| Dover | 4% | C+ | B | 34 min | $91,803 |
| Stanford | under 2% | B | B | 30 min | $88,578 |
| North East | 6% | B− | A− | 24 min | $84,757 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amenia’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 Amenia: questions
What is the median household income in Amenia?
$76,426 (±$14,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amenia?
9.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amenia?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amenia work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 83 mi), North East (6%, 8 mi), Dover (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amenia walkable?
Amenia is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amenia without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amenia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amenia
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.