Work & commute · Key West

Work & commute in Key West, FL

65% of Key West’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Stock Island (2%), Miami (1%) and Marathon (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65%

8,007 of 12,283 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 4,276 Key West residents head out of town to work, 8,007 work right here, and 8,807 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Key West.

4,276live here, work elsewhere

8,007live and work here

8,807work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Key West goes to work

Key West (in town)right here

65%8,007

Stock Island2.2 mi away

2%297

Miami128.8 mi away

1%161

Marathon48.5 mi away

1%126

Fort Lauderdale149 mi away

1%120

Islamorada, Village of Islands82.7 mi away

1%90

Big Pine Key27.2 mi away

1%90

Doral123.8 mi away

1%86

Hollywood142.8 mi away

1%70

Miami Beach133.5 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%3,169

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

How far

How far Key West commutes

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

69%

28%

69%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Key West is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Key West are

16,814 jobs are based in Key West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Key West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Key West

16,814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Key West residents hold

12,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+14%

Jobs based in Key West, 2013 → 2023: 14,721 → 16,814. 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.