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

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

Miami26 mi away

14%4,827

Homestead (in town)right here

10%3,315

Kendall15.1 mi away

4%1,339

Doral24.7 mi away

3%1,175

Coral Gables18.3 mi away

3%1,108

Florida City2.2 mi away

2%806

Three Lakes12.6 mi away

2%675

Fort Lauderdale50.2 mi away

2%644

North Key Largo16.1 mi away

2%580

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%

31%

29%

17%

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.