Work & commute · Margate

Work & commute in Margate, FL

Most working residents leave Margate for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (13%), Sunrise (7%) and Pompano Beach (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,301 of 25,838 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,537 Margate residents head out of town to work, 1,301 work right here, and 11,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Margate.

24,537live here, work elsewhere

1,301live and work here

11,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Margate goes to work

Fort Lauderdale8.4 mi away

13%3,324

Sunrise6.1 mi away

7%1,916

Pompano Beach4.8 mi away

7%1,852

Coral Springs3.4 mi away

6%1,601

Boca Raton10.8 mi away

6%1,581

Margate (in town)right here

5%1,301

Deerfield Beach6.9 mi away

5%1,185

Coconut Creek2.8 mi away

3%877

Plantation9 mi away

3%650

Miami32.7 mi away

2%590

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%10,961

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

How far

How far Margate commutes

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

55%

24%

11%

55%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Margate is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Margate are

12,373 jobs are based in Margate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Margate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Margate

12,373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Margate residents hold

25,838 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Margate, 2013 → 2023: 12,102 → 12,373. 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.