Work & commute · Amity

Work & commute in Amity, PA

Most working residents leave Amity for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (4%), Tredyffrin (4%) and Upper Merion (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

409 of 6,209 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,800 Amity residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 2,857 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amity.

5,800live here, work elsewhere

409live and work here

2,857work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amity goes to work

Amity (in town)right here

7%409

Reading10 mi away

4%233

Tredyffrin22 mi away

4%233

Upper Merion23.8 mi away

3%212

Pottstown6 mi away

3%172

Limerick12 mi away

3%162

Upper Providence16.2 mi away

3%157

Exeter5 mi away

2%145

Philadelphia37.8 mi away

2%123

East Whiteland19.7 mi away

2%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%4,250

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.

24%

48%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amity is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Amity are

3,266 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

3,266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Amity residents hold

6,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+26%

Jobs based in Amity, 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.

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.