Work & commute · Big Pine Key

Work & commute in Big Pine Key, FL

Most working residents leave Big Pine Key for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Key West (26%), Marathon (7%) and Cudjoe Key (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

286 of 2,068 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,782 Big Pine Key residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Pine Key.

1,782live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Pine Key goes to work

Key West27.2 mi away

26%528

Big Pine Key (in town)right here

14%286

Marathon21.4 mi away

7%139

Cudjoe Key8.6 mi away

4%75

Miami104.3 mi away

2%51

Key Largo66.8 mi away

1%26

Stock Island25.1 mi away

1%25

Fort Lauderdale126 mi away

1%22

Doral100.2 mi away

1%18

Homestead78.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%880

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

How far

How far Big Pine Key commutes

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

25%

12%

24%

38%

25%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Pine Key is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Pine Key are

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

Jobs based in Big Pine Key

815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Big Pine Key residents hold

2,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in Big Pine Key, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 815. 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.