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Amherst median household income is $-1. On average Amherst residents spend 10.0 minutes per day commuting to work, which is lower than the state average of 24.4 minutes and is much lower than the national average of 25.7 minutes.

Topics:Household Income Employment Status Commuting to Work Careers Poverty Level

Household Income

Ranks: $10k or less, $10k-$20k, $20k-$30k, $30k-$40k, $40k-$50k, $50k-$75k, $75k-$100k, $100k-$150k, $150k-$200k, $200k or more

Household Income Other than Earnings

	Amherst, CO		Colorado		U.S.
	%⁺	Average Amount	%⁺	Average Amount	%⁺	Average Amount
Interest, Dividends, or Net Rental Income	-2.86%	$0, see rank	23.86%	$18,766	21.11%	$16,919
Social Security Income	-2.86%	$0, see rank	23.61%	$17,294	29.33%	$17,636
Public Assistance Income	-2.86%	$0, see rank	2.21%	$3,678	2.82%	$3,720
Retirement Income	51.43%	$0, see rank	15.98%	$27,700	17.85%	$24,095

⁺ The percentage of the total households that have the income.

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical household income data.

Employment Status

	Amherst, CO	Colorado	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	35, see rank	4,094,922	248,775,628
Male¹	18, 51.43%, see rank	49.91%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	0, 0.00%, see rank	74.28%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	1.35%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	0, 0.00%, see rank	72.93%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	0, 0.00%, see rank	91.83%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	0, 0.00%, see rank	8.17%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	18, 100.00%, see rank	25.72%	30.72%
Female¹	17, 48.57%, see rank	50.09%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	17, 100.00%, see rank	63.07%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	17, 100.00%, see rank	62.87%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	17, 100.00%, see rank	92.44%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	0, 0.00%, see rank	7.56%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	0, 0.00%, see rank	36.93%	41.21%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical employment status data.

Commuting to Work

	Amherst, CO	Colorado	U.S.
Workers 16 Years and Over	17, 100%	2,544,021	141,337,148
Car, Truck, or Van—Drove Alone	17, 100.00%, see rank	74.97%	76.41%
Car, Truck, or Van—Carpooled	0, 0.00%, see rank	9.83%	9.59%
Public Transportation	0, 0.00%, see rank	3.24%	5.06%
Walked	0, 0.00%, see rank	3.00%	2.78%
Other Means	0, 0.00%, see rank	2.42%	1.79%
Worked at Home	0, 0.00%, see rank	6.54%	4.37%

Mean Travel Time to Work, see rank

Amherst, CO	10.0 minutes
Colorado	24.4 minutes
U.S.	25.7 minutes

Ranks: 9 min. or less, 10-19 min., 20-29 min., 30-39 min., 40-59 min., 60-89 min., 90min. or more

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical commuting to work data.

Careers

Occupation

	Amherst, CO	Colorado	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	17	2,560,703	143,435,233
Male¹	0, 0.00%, see rank	53.45%	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	37.74%	33.12%
Service Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	14.51%	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	17.76%	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.80%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	10.51%	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	13.18%	17.94%
Female¹	17, 100.00%, see rank	46.55%	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	42.77%	40.04%
Service Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	20.83%	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	17, 100.00%, see rank	31.32%	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.37%	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.16%	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Amherst, CO	Colorado	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	17, 100%	2,560,703	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	0, 0.00%, see rank	2.53%	1.96%
Construction	0, 0.00%, see rank	7.37%	6.17%
Manufacturing	0, 0.00%, see rank	7.06%	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	0, 0.00%, see rank	2.61%	2.75%
Retail Trade	17, 100.00%, see rank	11.17%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.53%	4.93%
Information	0, 0.00%, see rank	3.01%	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	0, 0.00%, see rank	6.98%	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	0, 0.00%, see rank	13.35%	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	0, 0.00%, see rank	20.39%	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	0, 0.00%, see rank	10.85%	9.49%
Public Administration	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.04%	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.12%	4.96%

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical careers data.

Poverty Level

	Amherst, CO	%	Colorado	U.S.
Population in Poverty	35	100.00%, see rank	13.07%	15.59%

*Based on 2010-2014 data.