Work & commute · Amenia

Work & commute in Amenia, NY

Most working residents leave Amenia for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), North East (6%) and Dover (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

193 of 1,478 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,285 Amenia residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 1,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amenia.

1,285live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

1,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amenia goes to work

New York82.6 mi away

15%223

Amenia (in town)right here

13%193

North East8.5 mi away

6%94

Dover10 mi away

4%66

Sharon, CT6 mi away

4%56

Washington6.7 mi away

3%47

Poughkeepsie21.3 mi away

2%36

Salisbury, CT13.1 mi away

2%33

Pawling17.7 mi away

2%30

Poughkeepsie20.8 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%678

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Amenia commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

25%

16%

30%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amenia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Amenia are

1,638 jobs are based in Amenia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amenia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amenia

1,638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Amenia residents hold

1,478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−10%

Jobs based in Amenia, 2013 → 2023: 1,823 → 1,638. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.