For more than half of its working residents, Midwest City is a commute to Oklahoma City
About one in ten stay in Midwest City for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (57%, 8 miles). For jobs and income Midwest City is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Midwest City, in brief
More than half of Midwest City works in Oklahoma City
13,537 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 7.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 5 times as many as work in Midwest City itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Midwest City are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Midwest City’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Midwest City
Job access by car holds Midwest City’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Midwest City could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Where the trip to work from Midwest City ends
Where Midwest City clocks in
57% 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.
What Midwest City’s employers do
16,517 jobs are based in Midwest City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Midwest City, 2014 → 2024: 16,546 → 16,517. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midwest City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Midwest City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 20,940 residents head out to work, 2,801 work right here, and 13,716 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52,000 people are in Midwest City on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Midwest City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Midwest City workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,774 commuters (the 11% 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.
The commute from Midwest City, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Midwest City is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 25,485 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, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 5.6% of Midwest City households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Midwest City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Midwest City next to U.S. towns of 41,000 to 79,000: 651st of 749 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 423 | Owasso OK | 43,117 | $79K | 7.3% | 5.4% | 14% | B |
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| 438 | Moore OK | 63,609 | $80K | 11.4% | 4.7% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 644 | Stillwater OK | 50,046 | $44K | 27.4% | 6.4% | 48% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 649 | Sierra Vista AZ | 44,907 | $70K | 12.0% | 4.8% | 41% | C |
| 650 | New Brunswick NJ | 57,133 | $66K | 32.0% | 8.1% | 15% | C |
| 651 | Midwest City OK | 58,799 | $58K | 16.5% | 7.1% | 12% | C |
| 652 | Union NY | 53,972 | $62K | 16.2% | 5.8% | 29% | C |
| 653 | Yuba City CA | 69,485 | $75K | 14.3% | 7.0% | 26% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Midwest City, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door is work for 59% of Midwest City
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Midwest City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest City | – | C | B+ | 23 min | $57,520 |
| Oklahoma City | 57% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,656 |
| Spencer | under 1% | C | B | 26 min | $59,861 |
| Choctaw | 1% | A− | C | 26 min | $100,574 |
| Nicoma Park | under 1% | B− | C− | 26 min | $62,447 |
| Del City | 1% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $46,925 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oklahoma City. Darker towns draw more of Midwest City’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 2024, 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 Midwest City: questions
What is the median household income in Midwest City?
$57,520 (±$3,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Midwest City?
16.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Midwest City?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Midwest City work?
12% work in town.
Is Midwest City walkable?
Midwest City is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Midwest City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Midwest City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Midwest City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.