Work & commute · Florida

Work & commute in Florida, FL

Most working residents leave Florida for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (11%), Homestead (8%) and Key Largo (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

265 of 5,934 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,669 Florida residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 3,618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florida.

5,669live here, work elsewhere

265live and work here

3,618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florida goes to work

Miami28.2 mi away

11%637

Homestead2.2 mi away

8%457

Florida City (in town)right here

4%265

Key Largo22.2 mi away

3%189

Kendall17.2 mi away

3%157

Islamorada, Village of Islands31.7 mi away

3%150

North Key Largo15.3 mi away

2%145

Three Lakes14.6 mi away

2%116

Fort Lauderdale52.4 mi away

2%114

Doral26.8 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%3,605

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

How far

How far Florida commutes

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

23%

22%

34%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florida is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Florida are

3,883 jobs are based in Florida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florida

3,883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Florida residents hold

5,934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+45%

Jobs based in Florida, 2013 → 2023: 2,681 → 3,883. 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.