Miakka School House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Old Miakka have higher incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
2.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Old Miakka A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 24% of workers, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Old Miakka
Old Miakka workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Old Miakka is a place people come home to
There are 222 jobs based in Old Miakka, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Old Miakka has about 1,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Old Miakka works from home
24% of Old Miakka workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
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 855 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Old Miakka
On income, poverty and job access, Old Miakka is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Old Miakka’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, Old Miakka could be anywhere from A to A+.
From Old Miakka, about 43 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Miakka workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 753 commuters (the 24% 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.
Who commutes out of Old Miakka, and who commutes in
On a workday 851 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Old Miakka on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
19% of working residents work in Sarasota
Where Old Miakka clocks in
19% 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.
In Old Miakka, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
222 jobs are based in Old Miakka.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Miakka, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 222. 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 Old Miakka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Old Miakka’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Old Miakka start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Old Miakka is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 989 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 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 2.8% of Old Miakka households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Old Miakka’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Old Miakka is 128th among 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Fall City WA | 1,618 | $177K | 2.2% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 127 | Romoland CA | 2,268 | $107K | 1.4% | 1.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 129 | Shorewood Hills WI | 2,155 | $154K | 5.4% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 130 | Omro WI | 2,409 | $121K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 189 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Old Miakka, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Old Miakka: questions
What is the median household income in Old Miakka?
$136,510 (±$12,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Miakka?
2.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Miakka?
43 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Miakka work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (19%, 16 mi), Lakewood Ranch (9%, 10 mi), Fruitville (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Old Miakka walkable?
Old Miakka is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Old Miakka without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Old Miakka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Miakka
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.