Photo: Cglenn3932 · CC BY-SA 4.0Amery has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Amery B; getting around on foot earns it A. Measured by household income, Amery is behind 75% of U.S. towns. About one in four stay in Amery for work; outside it, New Richmond is the main destination (4%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Amery and work: the main findings
Amery’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amery is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #262 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Amery’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,219, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amery could be anywhere from C to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Amery
On a workday 1,062 residents head out to work, 350 work right here, and 2,147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Amery on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
1.8 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Amery
Where Amery clocks in
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.
A place that makes things: 29% of Amery’s jobs are in goods
2,497 jobs are based in Amery.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amery, 2013 → 2023: 2,488 → 2,497. 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 Amery’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Amery
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amery workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,243 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Amery
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Amery is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amery is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #30 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Amery 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 1,340 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). 8.5% of Amery households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amery’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Amery is 1,898th of 5,016 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,896 | Pelican Bay TX | 2,729 | $71K | 10.3% | 5.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,897 | Henrietta TX | 3,258 | $67K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 19% | B |
| 1,898 | Amery WI | 2,927 | $59K | 5.9% | 1.0% | 25% | B |
| 1,899 | Jefferson Township IN | 2,140 | $75K | 12.4% | 2.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,900 | Sturgis Township MI | 2,022 | $70K | 4.9% | 4.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,016 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Amery, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Amery compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amery workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amery | – | B | A | 22 min | $59,219 |
| Lincoln | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,826 |
| Black Brook | under 2% | B+ | D | 30 min | $102,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amery’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 Amery: questions
What is the median household income in Amery?
$59,219 (±$13,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amery?
5.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amery?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amery work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Richmond (4%, 15 mi), Clear Lake (3%, 6 mi), Osceola (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amery walkable?
Amery is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amery without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amery, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amery
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.