Work & commute · Goulds

Work & commute in Goulds, FL

Most working residents leave Goulds for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (16%), Kendall (7%) and Coral Gables (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 4,351 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 4,311 Goulds residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 1,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goulds.

4,311live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

1,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goulds goes to work

Miami18.5 mi away

16%696

Kendall7.7 mi away

7%292

Coral Gables11 mi away

3%140

Homestead7.5 mi away

3%140

Three Lakes5.7 mi away

3%131

Doral17.6 mi away

3%117

Cutler Bay3.5 mi away

2%102

South Miami Heights1.9 mi away

2%95

Princeton1.6 mi away

2%95

Fort Lauderdale42.8 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,470

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

How far

How far Goulds commutes

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

34%

41%

13%

34%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goulds is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goulds are

1,071 jobs are based in Goulds. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goulds’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goulds

1,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Goulds residents hold

4,351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+104%

Jobs based in Goulds, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 1,071. 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.