Amherst, OH
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None of the households in Amherst, OH reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Amherst, OH drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Amherst, OH was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Amherst, OH employs 6.46k people. The largest industries in Amherst, OH are Manufacturing (949 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (942 people), and Retail Trade (796 people), and the highest paying industries are Finance & Insurance ($95,331), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($86,563), and Public Administration ($83,434).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Amherst, OH, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Amherst, OH.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Ohio (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Amherst, OH, are Manufacturing (949 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (942 people), and Retail Trade (796 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Amherst, OH, though some of these residents may live in Amherst, OH and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($95,772), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($89,479), and Public Administration ($83,586).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($57,188), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($54,112), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($52,578).
As of February 2023, there are 5.51M people employed in Ohio. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15.4%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Ohio.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Ohio went to Donald J. Trump with 55.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43.9%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.489%).
Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted are the senators currently representing the state of Ohio. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Ohio is currently represented by 15 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Ohio went to Donald J. Trump with 55.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43.9%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.489%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Ohio for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted are the senators currently representing Ohio.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Ohio over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Ohio is currently represented by 15 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Ohio have changed over time starting in 2008.
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People in Amherst, OH have an average commute time of 24.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Amherst, OH is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Amherst, OH compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the places in Amherst, OH colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Amherst, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Ohio was 0.456 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0361% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Ohio was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ohio in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Ohio across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 79.9% of workers in Amherst, OH drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.63%) and those who worked at home (9.17%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Amherst, OH have a shorter commute time (24.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Amherst, OH have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Amherst, OH compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Amherst, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Amherst, OH have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Amherst, OH (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Amherst, OH is White, followed by Asian and Black.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Amherst, OH has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Lorain County, OH see 1881 patients per year on average, which represents a 1.4% increase from the previous year (1855 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 2063 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 499 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Lorain County, OH see an average of 1,881 patients per year. This represents a 1.4% increase from the previous year (1,855 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Lorain County, OH in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Amherst, OH changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
