Photo: Stilfehler 16:07, 8 October 2007 (CEST) · CC BY-SA 1.0Households in Amity have lower incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 22.9% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. The two grades for Amity are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven stay in Amity for work; outside it, Wellsville is the main destination (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Amity, in a few figures
Amity is where the jobs are
Amity has 1,110 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Amity and Wellsville trade workers both ways
Wellsville is the top workplace for Amity residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Amity come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Amity is services
95% 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 ↓
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 740 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Amity’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Amity is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Amity’s grade up ($61,042, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Amity’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, Amity could be anywhere from D− to C−.
In and out of Amity on a workday
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 1,000 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Amity on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
1.5 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.
The towns that send workers to Amity
Where Amity clocks in
15% 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.
Most jobs in Amity are in services
1,110 jobs are based in Amity.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amity, 2013 → 2023: 1,243 → 1,110. 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 Amity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Amity: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amity workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 790 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Amity works
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Amity gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amity is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Amity 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 872 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% 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). 7.7% of Amity households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amity’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Amity comes 4,667th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,665 | Salina UT | 2,640 | $64K | 15.7% | 10.5% | 24% | D |
| 4,666 | Buena Vista Township IL | 1,852 | $71K | 38.7% | 8.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,667 | Amity NY | 2,123 | $61K | 22.9% | 6.5% | 15% | D |
| 4,668 | Richland Township OH | 1,649 | $54K | 15.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,669 | Rome Township PA | 1,962 | $59K | 15.2% | 3.9% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Amity, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Amity and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Friendship (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amity workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amity | – | D | B | 23 min | $61,042 |
| Friendship | 6% | D | C+ | 22 min | $59,750 |
| Scio | under 2% | D | C+ | 21 min | $62,426 |
| Angelica | 2% | C− | C− | 32 min | $60,063 |
| Ward | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ward: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amity’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 Amity: questions
What is the median household income in Amity?
$61,042 (±$10,075) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amity?
22.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amity?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amity work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsville (15%, 8 mi), Cuba (7%, 12 mi), Friendship (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amity walkable?
Amity is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amity without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amity
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.