Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,782, established in 1848.
Amity’s best subject grade is an A− for history; its weakest is a C− for schools. Only 8 of the 143 Oregon towns we compare have a higher average trip to work than Amity. On history, just 20 of Oregon’s 228 towns do better. Amity has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Amity beats most towns.
Where Amity’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Amity is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 292 in 1900, 1,757 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1926 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Amity. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumEvergreen Aviation & Space Museum
39 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
37 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
39 mi Stadium & arenaReser Stadium
22 mi Theme parkEnchanted Forest
37 mi GardenForest ParkEvergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Notkeel at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reser Stadium: Zapper258, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enchanted Forest: Trashbag (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Amity, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Amity.
Its public schools are run by Amity SD 4J. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amity Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 320 | – |
| Amity High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 258 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Amity for work: only 5% work in town. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Amity, above both Oregon’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Amity grew to 323 in 2023, 57 more than in 2013.
| Amity | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Amity has mild winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 36° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Amity home is worth about $590,000, up 1.5% in a year, 20% above the Oregon typical home. At $1,579 a month, Amity’s median rent is above both the Oregon town median ($1,414 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 60% of households own their home in Amity.
| Amity | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,579 a month | $1,414 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Amity since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Amity | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Amity City Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Amity beats the Oregon average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 69% of Amity adults had a checkup this year.
| Amity | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Amity | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.8% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.3% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 66.8% | 71.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Amity
About 4 of every 100 Amity residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
City in Oregon, U.S.
Amity is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,757.
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That is 6.1 years of the area's median household income ($97,436 across the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
