Work & commute · Miami

Work & commute in Miami, OK

About one in 3 of Miami’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (6%), Joplin (5%) and Commerce (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,909 of 5,383 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,474 Miami residents head out of town to work, 1,909 work right here, and 3,954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miami.

3,474live here, work elsewhere

1,909live and work here

3,954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miami goes to work

Miami (in town)right here

35%1,909

Tulsa77.7 mi away

6%304

Joplin, MO24.2 mi away

5%248

Commerce3.3 mi away

4%198

Oklahoma City177.1 mi away

3%175

Grove21.4 mi away

2%110

Baxter Springs, KS11.8 mi away

2%106

Vinita19.9 mi away

2%86

Jay32.1 mi away

1%66

Broken Arrow77.6 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,122

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Miami commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

18%

27%

47%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miami is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Miami are

5,863 jobs are based in Miami. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miami’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Miami

5,863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Miami residents hold

5,383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+20%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.