Work & commute · Big Coppitt Key

Work & commute in Big Coppitt Key, FL

Most working residents leave Big Coppitt Key for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Key West (52%), Stock Island (4%) and Marathon (1%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 1,452 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,392 Big Coppitt Key residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Coppitt Key.

1,392live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Coppitt Key goes to work

Key West7.8 mi away

52%762

Stock Island5.6 mi away

4%64

Big Coppitt Key (in town)right here

4%60

Marathon40.8 mi away

1%20

Fort Lauderdale143.1 mi away

1%17

Big Pine Key19.6 mi away

1%16

Miami122.3 mi away

1%14

Homestead97.2 mi away

1%12

Doral117.6 mi away

1%11

Pembroke Pines128.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%465

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

How far

How far Big Coppitt Key commutes

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

63%

30%

63%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Coppitt Key is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Coppitt Key are

297 jobs are based in Big Coppitt Key. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Coppitt Key’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Coppitt Key

297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Big Coppitt Key residents hold

1,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+114%

Jobs based in Big Coppitt Key, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 297. 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.