Photo: TheWhitePelican · CC BY-SA 3.0Miami’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
About one in three stay in Miami for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (6%, 78 miles). 22.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 15.3% across Oklahoma. The two grades for Miami are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Miami at work: what stands out
Income, poverty and work: Miami’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Miami is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #72 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Miami’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,410, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Miami could be anywhere from D to C.
What work there is in Miami: 5,863 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miami, 2013 → 2023: 4,903 → 5,863. 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 Miami’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Miami, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,474 residents head out to work, 1,909 work right here, and 3,954 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Miami’s working residents head each day
Where Miami clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 trip to work from Miami: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miami workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,901 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Miami
About 27% 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.
Few in Miami walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Miami is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #23 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Miami near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,129 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.7% of Miami households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Miami’s commuters take a bus or train.
Miami next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 2,063rd of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 417 | Newcastle OK | 15,198 | $93K | 3.8% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 424 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 622 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,061 | Navasota TX | 9,904 | $51K | 14.2% | 7.2% | 14% | C− |
| 2,062 | Tehachapi CA | 11,852 | $73K | 13.9% | 6.4% | 22% | C− |
| 2,063 | Miami OK | 12,893 | $46K | 22.6% | 3.0% | 35% | C− |
| 2,064 | Nanticoke PA | 10,712 | $57K | 19.4% | 7.7% | 9% | C− |
| 2,065 | Vincennes IN | 16,378 | $54K | 19.6% | 5.2% | 38% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Miami, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door to Miami
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miami workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | – | C− | B+ | 18 min | $46,410 |
| North Miami | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Miami: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Miami’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 Miami: questions
What is the median household income in Miami?
$46,410 (±$2,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miami?
22.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miami?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miami work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (6%, 78 mi), Joplin (5%, 24 mi), Commerce (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Miami walkable?
Miami is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Miami without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miami, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miami
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.