Households in Amityville have higher incomes than those in 81% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City. Below the poverty line: 11.2% of residents, next to 14.0% across New York. Amityville grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Amityville stands out on work
Amityville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Amityville is New York City, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (1,019) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Amityville works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Amityville: Babylon (22%) and Oyster Bay (11%). Next door ↓
Amityville is where the jobs are
Amityville has 7,176 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Amityville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amityville is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #132 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Amityville’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amityville could be anywhere from B to A+.
How far Amityville goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Amityville
On a workday 4,069 residents head out to work, 387 work right here, and 6,789 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Amityville on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.6 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 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Amityville, and from where
Where Amityville clocks in
23% of workers
12% 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.
66% of the jobs in Amityville pay over $3,333 a month
7,176 jobs are based in Amityville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amityville, 2014 → 2024: 6,535 → 7,176. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amityville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Amityville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amityville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,019 commuters (the 16% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Amityville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amityville is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #91 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Amityville 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 4,762 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 86% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 6.4% of Amityville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Amityville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,200, Amityville ranks 668th of 2,734 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Garden Home-Whitford OR | 6,979 | $98K | 5.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| 667 | Signal Hill CA | 11,153 | $113K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 4% | A− |
| 668 | Amityville NY | 9,799 | $106K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 9% | A− |
| 669 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| 670 | Jefferson Hills PA | 12,357 | $116K | 2.8% | 5.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,734 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Amityville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 33% of Amityville
The biggest share goes to Babylon (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amityville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amityville | – | A− | A+ | 31 min | $106,285 |
| Babylon | 22% | A | A | 31 min | $128,108 |
| Oyster Bay | 11% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| East Massapequa | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Copiague | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| North Amityville | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Gilgo | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Massapequa, Copiague, North Amityville and Gilgo: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amityville’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 2024, 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 Amityville: questions
What is the median household income in Amityville?
$106,285 (±$9,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amityville?
11.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amityville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amityville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (23%, 27 mi), Babylon (22%, 6 mi), Hempstead (12%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Amityville walkable?
Amityville is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amityville without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amityville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amityville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.