Work & commute · Key Largo

Work & commute in Key Largo, FL

Most working residents leave Key Largo for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Islamorada, Village of Islands (9%), North Key Largo (7%) and Key West (7%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,179 of 6,076 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,897 Key Largo residents head out of town to work, 1,179 work right here, and 2,891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Key Largo.

4,897live here, work elsewhere

1,179live and work here

2,891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Key Largo goes to work

Key Largo (in town)right here

19%1,179

Islamorada, Village of Islands12.4 mi away

9%533

North Key Largo10.9 mi away

7%432

Key West93.8 mi away

7%409

Miami46.8 mi away

5%292

Tavernier8.6 mi away

4%232

Fort Lauderdale72.3 mi away

2%150

Marathon47 mi away

2%116

Coral Gables39.2 mi away

2%111

Homestead23.8 mi away

1%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,533

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

How far

How far Key Largo commutes

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

23%

17%

18%

41%

23%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Key Largo is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Key Largo are

4,070 jobs are based in Key Largo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Key Largo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Key Largo

4,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Key Largo residents hold

6,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+28%

Jobs based in Key Largo, 2013 → 2023: 3,184 → 4,070. 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.