Photo: Premiess · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Micco earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 11.7% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. For jobs and income Micco is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Only 6% work in Micco itself; outside it, Melbourne draws the most (8%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Micco: the gist
Jobs in Micco have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Micco went from 359 in 2013 to 1,208 in 2023, +236%. The jobs ↓
Micco makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Micco are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Micco residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
46% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
No single place dominates Micco’s commute
The biggest draw, Melbourne, gets only 8% of working residents, and 55% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Micco residents fan out across the region. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Micco’s grade
Unemployment holds Micco’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($45,794, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Micco could be anywhere from D to B−.
Goods jobs make up 61% of work in Micco
1,208 jobs are based in Micco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Micco, 2013 → 2023: 359 → 1,208. 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 Micco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Micco, by distance
About 46% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The places Micco commutes to
Where Micco clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
A workday in Micco: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,624 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 1,040 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Micco on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The trip to work from Micco: about 24 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 Micco workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,065 commuters (the 13% 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.
Driving is how Micco gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,375 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.4% of Micco households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Micco’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,281st of 2,907: where Micco ranks among U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 345 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,279 | Olivarez TX | 6,326 | $65K | 19.2% | 6.8% | <1% | C |
| 2,280 | Chester IL | 6,847 | $81K | 21.7% | 4.7% | 24% | C |
| 2,281 | Micco FL | 8,896 | $46K | 11.7% | 3.8% | 6% | C |
| 2,282 | Valley AL | 10,294 | $52K | 14.9% | 3.5% | 8% | C |
| 2,283 | Globe AZ | 7,191 | $69K | 16.4% | 3.0% | 30% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Micco, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Micco
The biggest share goes to Palm Bay (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Micco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micco | – | C | C | 24 min | $45,794 |
| Roseland | 2% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $63,929 |
| Grant-Valkaria | under 2% | A | D | 33 min | $119,583 |
| Palm Bay | 7% | C+ | B+ | 28 min | $72,614 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Micco’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 Micco: questions
What is the median household income in Micco?
$45,794 (±$4,338) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Micco?
11.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Micco?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Micco work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melbourne (8%, 20 mi), Rockledge (7%, 35 mi), Palm Bay (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Micco walkable?
Micco is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Micco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Micco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Micco
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.