Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Amelia commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 1,595 jobs in Amelia for 6,307 working residents. Amelia grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 2% stay in Amelia for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (20%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Amelia: the gist
Amelia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Amelia is a place people come home to
There are 1,595 jobs based in Amelia, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Amelia has about 8,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Amelia are held by workers 29 or younger, against 25% of Amelia’s own working residents. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Amelia
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amelia is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #524 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Amelia’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amelia could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amelia workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,785 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Amelia: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,163 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 1,451 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Amelia on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The kinds of work in Amelia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amelia, 2013 → 2023: 1,371 → 1,595. 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 Amelia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Amelia’s residents
Where Amelia clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Amelia
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.
For most of Amelia, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amelia is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #212 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Amelia 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 6,393 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 Amelia households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Amelia’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,285th of 2,354: where Amelia ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Hartsville/Trousdale County TN | 12,623 | $73K | 11.9% | 0.6% | 14% | B |
| 1,284 | Santa Fe TX | 13,913 | $99K | 10.4% | 8.5% | 6% | B |
| 1,285 | Amelia OH | 12,871 | $71K | 13.0% | 2.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,286 | Heartland TX | 10,607 | $93K | 9.2% | 11.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,287 | Sandy OR | 13,323 | $109K | 7.8% | 6.0% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Amelia, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Amelia compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amelia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia | – | B | B+ | 32 min | $70,938 |
| Ohio Township | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $73,289 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amelia’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 Amelia: questions
What is the median household income in Amelia?
$70,938 (±$7,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amelia?
13.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amelia?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amelia work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (20%, 17 mi), Union Township (8%, 6 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amelia walkable?
Amelia is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amelia 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 Amelia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amelia
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.