Work & commute · Lauderdale Lakes

Work & commute in Lauderdale Lakes, FL

Most working residents leave Lauderdale Lakes for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (17%), Sunrise (9%) and Pompano Beach (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

430 of 15,970 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 15,540 Lauderdale Lakes residents head out of town to work, 430 work right here, and 5,631 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lauderdale Lakes.

15,540live here, work elsewhere

430live and work here

5,631work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lauderdale Lakes goes to work

Fort Lauderdale3.8 mi away

17%2,680

Sunrise3.8 mi away

9%1,460

Pompano Beach6.6 mi away

6%1,018

Plantation4.7 mi away

4%599

Boca Raton15.3 mi away

3%535

Hollywood9.7 mi away

3%511

Deerfield Beach11 mi away

3%509

Miami27.1 mi away

3%485

Davie7.9 mi away

3%458

Lauderdale Lakes (in town)right here

3%430

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%7,285

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

How far

How far Lauderdale Lakes commutes

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

61%

20%

10%

61%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lauderdale Lakes is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lauderdale Lakes are

6,061 jobs are based in Lauderdale Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lauderdale Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lauderdale Lakes

6,061 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lauderdale Lakes residents hold

15,970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−25%

Jobs based in Lauderdale Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 8,097 → 6,061. 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.