Medley’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 21.0%, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. Jobs and income earn Medley C; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 7% work in Medley itself; outside it, Miami draws the most (13%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Medley, in brief
Medley fills up on a workday
Medley has 30,055 jobs, 63.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 31,000 people are in town, 29 times the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Medley residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Medley draws workers from far and wide
The 30,055 jobs in Medley are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 41%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Medley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Medley is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Medley’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,735, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Medley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Medley could be anywhere from C to B.
How a workday changes Medley
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 30,024 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Medley on a workday afternoon, 2752% more than live here.
63.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Medley’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who travels to work in Medley, and from where
Where Medley clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Medley
30,055 jobs are based in Medley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medley, 2013 → 2023: 22,622 → 30,055. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Medley: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medley workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 462 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Medley is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Medley is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 512 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 83% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 83% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 42.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 18.9% of Medley households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Medley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Medley ranks 1,992nd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Yalaha FL | 1,404 | $121K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,990 | Lake WI | 1,242 | $78K | 10.3% | 3.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,991 | Kaloko HI | 1,432 | $104K | 17.5% | 10.3% | 1% | C |
| 1,992 | Medley FL | 1,075 | $41K | 21.0% | 2.3% | 7% | C |
| 1,993 | Walnut IL | 1,267 | $62K | 7.0% | 3.2% | 6% | C |
| 1,994 | Elwood KS | 1,137 | $62K | 15.4% | 2.4% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Medley, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 11% of Medley
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medley | – | C | B | 25 min | $40,735 |
| Doral | 11% | A− | A− | 27 min | $94,164 |
| Hialeah Gardens | under 2% | B | B+ | 31 min | $65,439 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Doral. Darker towns draw more of Medley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Medley: questions
What is the median household income in Medley?
$40,735 (±$20,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medley?
21.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medley?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medley work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (13%, 10 mi), Doral (11%, 3 mi), Hialeah (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Medley walkable?
Medley is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medley without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. 83% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.