Hotel Mims · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mims works elsewhere
Mims grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Mims report 1,056 jobs, and 3,211 of its residents work somewhere. 8% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mims
Jobs in Mims have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mims went from 482 in 2013 to 1,056 in 2023, +119%. The jobs ↓
Mims makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Mims are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mims residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Mims and Titusville trade workers both ways
Titusville is the top workplace for Mims residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Mims come from (15% of its jobs). 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 Mims’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mims is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #589 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Mims’ grade up (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mims could be anywhere from D− to B.
In Mims, 64% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mims, 2013 → 2023: 482 → 1,056. 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 Mims’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in Titusville
Where Mims clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Mims
On a workday 3,086 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Mims on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
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 daily trip from Mims: 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 Mims workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,288 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Mims commutes less than 26 miles
About 25% 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 commute in Mims is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mims is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #571 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% 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 2,475 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 2.0% of Mims households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mims’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mims is 2,755th of 3,111 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 342 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,753 | Norway ME | 5,349 | $54K | 20.9% | 4.5% | 12% | C− |
| 2,754 | Northchase NC | 5,896 | $59K | 22.3% | 19.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,755 | Mims FL | 7,610 | $59K | 11.4% | 7.3% | 4% | C− |
| 2,756 | Brazil IN | 8,343 | $52K | 18.6% | 5.9% | 14% | C− |
| 2,757 | Picture Rocks AZ | 9,448 | $62K | 16.8% | 6.4% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,111 | 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 Mims, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 21% of Mims
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mims workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mims | – | C− | C | 24 min | $59,005 |
| Titusville | 21% | C | B+ | 24 min | $66,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Titusville. Darker towns draw more of Mims’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 Mims: questions
What is the median household income in Mims?
$59,005 (±$18,199) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mims?
11.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mims?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mims work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Titusville (21%, 8 mi), Palm Bay (6%, 52 mi), Orlando (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mims walkable?
Mims is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mims without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mims, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mims
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.