Work & commute · Miami Gardens

Work & commute in Miami Gardens, FL

Most working residents leave Miami Gardens for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (20%), Hialeah (4%) and Fort Lauderdale (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,866 of 48,206 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 45,340 Miami Gardens residents head out of town to work, 2,866 work right here, and 29,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miami Gardens.

45,340live here, work elsewhere

2,866live and work here

29,529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miami Gardens goes to work

Miami12.2 mi away

20%9,700

Miami Gardens (in town)right here

6%2,866

Hialeah6.6 mi away

4%2,074

Fort Lauderdale14.6 mi away

4%1,928

Hollywood7.5 mi away

4%1,749

Pembroke Pines7.5 mi away

3%1,554

Doral11.6 mi away

3%1,500

Miramar6.1 mi away

3%1,303

Miami Beach11.3 mi away

2%1,071

Sunrise15.4 mi away

2%926

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%23,535

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

How far

How far Miami Gardens commutes

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

43%

45%

43%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miami Gardens is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miami Gardens are

32,395 jobs are based in Miami Gardens. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miami Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Miami Gardens

32,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Miami Gardens residents hold

48,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+35%

Jobs based in Miami Gardens, 2013 → 2023: 23,970 → 32,395. 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.