Rhoads-Lorah House and Barn · Photo: Hshuvaeva · CC BY-SA 3.0Amity Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3,266 jobs are based in Amity Township, against 6,209 working residents. Amity Township grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Amity Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Amity Township
No single place dominates Amity Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Reading, gets only 4% of working residents, and 68% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Amity Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A lot of Amity Township works from home
27% of Amity Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Amity Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Amity Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amity Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #292 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Amity Township’s grade up ($118,296, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amity Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where Amity Township goes to work
Where Amity Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Amity Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amity Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,766 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Amity Township by day
On a workday 5,800 residents head out to work, 409 work right here, and 2,857 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Amity Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
What Amity Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amity Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,591 → 3,266. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Amity Township’s workers travel
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 Amity Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amity Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #606 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Amity Township 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 6,532 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). 4.2% of Amity Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Amity Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
622nd of 2,059: where Amity Township ranks among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 16 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 31 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 46 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 620 | Florham Park NJ | 14,456 | $159K | 8.7% | 5.4% | 8% | A− |
| 621 | Prairie Township OH | 16,899 | $74K | 8.3% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 622 | Amity Township PA | 13,585 | $118K | 12.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A− |
| 623 | South Lebanon Township PA | 10,735 | $85K | 7.9% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 624 | Monument CO | 13,813 | $129K | 4.7% | 4.3% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | 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 Amity Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Amity Township
The biggest share goes to Exeter Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amity Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amity Township | – | A− | B− | 32 min | $118,296 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A | C− | 31 min | $113,159 |
| Exeter Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $100,083 |
| Douglass Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 24 min | $79,808 |
| Oley Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 27 min | $90,750 |
| Earl Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $100,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amity 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 Amity Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amity Township?
$118,296 (±$10,954) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amity Township?
12.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amity Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amity Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (4%, 10 mi), Tredyffrin Township (4%, 22 mi), Upper Merion Township (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amity Township walkable?
Amity Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amity Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amity Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amity 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.