Work & commute · Key Biscayne

Work & commute in Key Biscayne, FL

Most working residents leave Key Biscayne for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (28%), Coral Gables (8%) and Doral (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

538 of 4,605 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,067 Key Biscayne residents head out of town to work, 538 work right here, and 3,157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Key Biscayne.

4,067live here, work elsewhere

538live and work here

3,157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Key Biscayne goes to work

Miami6.4 mi away

28%1,297

Key Biscayne (in town)right here

12%538

Coral Gables6.2 mi away

8%383

Doral14.7 mi away

4%189

Miami Beach8.4 mi away

3%119

Fort Lauderdale31.2 mi away

2%95

Kendall11.8 mi away

2%89

Hialeah15 mi away

2%80

Boca Raton47.2 mi away

1%59

Aventura18.7 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,713

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

How far

How far Key Biscayne commutes

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

55%

24%

12%

55%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Key Biscayne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Key Biscayne are

3,695 jobs are based in Key Biscayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Key Biscayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Key Biscayne

3,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Key Biscayne residents hold

4,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+27%

Jobs based in Key Biscayne, 2013 → 2023: 2,910 → 3,695. 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.