Milford is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the southwest via Amherst Street.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Amherst CDP has a total area of 0.73 square miles (1.88 km2), all land.

[4] As of the census of 2010, there were 613 people, 241 households, and 186 families residing in the CDP.

[6] Of the 241 households in the CDP, 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were headed by married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families.

19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.