Photo: w_lemay · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Amherst Township works elsewhere
1,297 jobs are based in Amherst Township, against 3,178 working residents. For jobs and income Amherst Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Only 2% stay in Amherst Township for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (12%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Amherst Township: the gist
Amherst Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Amherst Township is Cleveland, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (388) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Amherst Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Amherst Township: Elyria (10%), Lorain (8%) and Amherst (6%). Next door ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Amherst Township
Job access by car holds Amherst Township’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amherst Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Half of Amherst Township commutes less than 17 miles
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.
The daily flow of workers through Amherst Township
On a workday 3,101 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 1,220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Amherst Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 places Amherst Township commutes to
Where Amherst Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
What Amherst Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amherst Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,424 → 1,297. 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 Amherst Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Amherst Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amherst Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,725 commuters (the 13% 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.
In Amherst Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,142 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Amherst Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amherst Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,229 U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300, Amherst Township comes 1,542nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,540 | Murphy MO | 8,285 | $72K | 10.2% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,541 | Veneta OR | 5,138 | $67K | 8.6% | 2.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,542 | Amherst Township OH | 6,870 | $83K | 6.5% | 6.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,543 | North East Township PA | 6,424 | $80K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 15% | B |
| 1,544 | Sabattus ME | 5,397 | $59K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Amherst Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 25% of Amherst Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Elyria (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amherst Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Township | – | B | C | 26 min | $82,554 |
| Amherst | 6% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $90,725 |
| Elyria | 10% | C | C+ | 23 min | $54,945 |
| New Russia Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $82,583 |
| Lorain | 8% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $48,685 |
| Brownhelm Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 28 min | $62,452 |
| Elyria Township | 1% | B | C | 26 min | $62,179 |
| South Amherst | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $86,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amherst Township’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 Amherst Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amherst Township?
$82,554 (±$9,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amherst Township?
6.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amherst Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amherst Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (12%, 28 mi), Elyria (10%, 6 mi), Lorain (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amherst Township walkable?
Amherst Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amherst Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amherst Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amherst Township
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.