Midwest City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 57,950 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Midwest City is the eighth largest community in Oklahoma.Unlike some cities, Midwest City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Midwest City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Midwest City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midwest City who work in office and administrative support (16.42%), sales jobs (8.99%), and management occupations (7.87%). Also of interest is that Midwest City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.05% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Midwest City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.96% of adults in Midwest City have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Midwest City in 2022 was $31,019, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,076 for a family of four. However, Midwest City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Midwest City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Midwest City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midwest City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Midwest City include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Midwest City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
