Work & commute · Leisure

Work & commute in Leisure, FL

Most working residents leave Leisure for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (13%), Homestead (9%) and Doral (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

226 of 11,010 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,784 Leisure residents head out of town to work, 226 work right here, and 966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leisure.

10,784live here, work elsewhere

226live and work here

966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leisure goes to work

Miami24 mi away

13%1,454

Homestead2 mi away

9%1,026

Doral22.7 mi away

4%386

Kendall13.1 mi away

3%382

Coral Gables16.5 mi away

3%349

Florida City4.2 mi away

2%239

Leisure City (in town)right here

2%226

Three Lakes10.5 mi away

2%220

Hialeah27.3 mi away

2%198

Cutler Bay8.5 mi away

2%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%6,335

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

How far

How far Leisure commutes

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

32%

35%

20%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leisure is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leisure are

1,192 jobs are based in Leisure. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leisure’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leisure

1,192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Leisure residents hold

11,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+22%

Jobs based in Leisure, 2013 → 2023: 975 → 1,192. 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.