Work & commute · Homestead

Work & commute in Homestead, FL

Most working residents leave Homestead for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (14%), Kendall (4%) and Doral (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
3,315 of 34,672 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,357 Homestead residents head out of town to work, 3,315 work right here, and 11,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homestead.

31,357live here, work elsewhere
3,315live and work here
11,103work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Homestead goes to work

Florida CityCutler BayDoralCoral GablesHomesteadHialeahMiamiFort LauderdaleNaranjaThree LakesLeisure CityRichmond WestHomestead BaseSouth Miami HeightsPrincetonThe HammocksKendallNorth Key LargoMiamiKendallDoralCoral GablesFlorida CityThree LakesFort LauderdaleNorth Key LargoHialeahHomestead
1
Miami26 mi away
14%4,827
2
Homestead (in town)right here
10%3,315
3
Kendall15.1 mi away
4%1,339
4
Doral24.7 mi away
3%1,175
5
Coral Gables18.3 mi away
3%1,108
6
Florida City2.2 mi away
2%806
7
Three Lakes12.6 mi away
2%675
8
Fort Lauderdale50.2 mi away
2%644
9
North Key Largo16.1 mi away
2%580
10
Hialeah29.3 mi away
2%574
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%19,629

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

How far

How far Homestead commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Homestead is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homestead are

14,418 jobs are based in Homestead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homestead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homestead

14,418 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Homestead residents hold

34,672 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+47%

Jobs based in Homestead, 2013 → 2023: 9,824 → 14,418. 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.

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