Work & commute · Miami Beach

Work & commute in Miami Beach, FL

About one in 4 of Miami Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Miami (22%), Coral Gables (3%) and Doral (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

8,055 of 33,167 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

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,112 Miami Beach residents head out of town to work, 8,055 work right here, and 43,488 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miami Beach.

25,112live here, work elsewhere

8,055live and work here

43,488work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miami Beach goes to work

Miami Beach (in town)right here

24%8,055

Miami4.7 mi away

22%7,425

Coral Gables12 mi away

3%1,098

Doral13.2 mi away

3%928

Fort Lauderdale22.8 mi away

2%729

Hialeah10.6 mi away

2%571

Aventura10.3 mi away

2%532

Hollywood15.2 mi away

2%529

Miami Gardens11.3 mi away

1%363

Miramar16.4 mi away

1%325

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%12,612

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

How far

How far Miami Beach commutes

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

58%

26%

11%

58%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miami Beach is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Miami Beach are

51,543 jobs are based in Miami Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miami Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Miami Beach

51,543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Miami Beach residents hold

33,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Miami Beach, 2013 → 2023: 48,122 → 51,543. 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.