Work & commute · Duck Key

Work & commute in Duck Key, FL

Most working residents leave Duck Key for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Marathon (20%), Key West (7%) and Miami (4%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 308 Duck Key residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duck Key.

308live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duck Key goes to work

Marathon7.8 mi away

20%69

Duck Key (in town)right here

9%31

Key West56.2 mi away

7%24

Miami81.9 mi away

4%13

Tavernier31.1 mi away

3%10

Key Colony Beach7.8 mi away

2%7

Islamorada, Village of Islands27.4 mi away

2%7

Miami Beach86.2 mi away

2%7

Hialeah84.7 mi away

2%7

Medley82.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%159

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

How far

How far Duck Key commutes

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

30%

57%

30%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duck Key is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Duck Key are

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

Jobs based in Duck Key

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Duck Key residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−27%

Jobs based in Duck Key, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 298. 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.