Work & commute · Amity

Work & commute in Amity, NY

Most working residents leave Amity for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wellsville (15%), Cuba (7%) and Friendship (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

110 of 740 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 630 Amity residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 1,000 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amity.

630live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

1,000work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amity goes to work

Amity (in town)right here

15%110

Wellsville8.4 mi away

15%109

Cuba12.3 mi away

7%49

Friendship6.6 mi away

6%47

Olean24.2 mi away

5%35

Alfred10.7 mi away

4%29

Amherst66.4 mi away

2%17

Buffalo63.4 mi away

2%15

Rochester68.1 mi away

2%14

Angelica5.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%302

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

How far

How far Amity commutes

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

39%

24%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amity is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Amity are

1,110 jobs are based in Amity. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amity’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amity

1,110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Amity residents hold

740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−11%

Jobs based in Amity, 2013 → 2023: 1,243 → 1,110. 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.