Work & commute · Miami Lakes

Work & commute in Miami Lakes, FL

Most working residents leave Miami Lakes for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (18%), Hialeah (9%) and Doral (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,243 of 14,232 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 12,989 Miami Lakes residents head out of town to work, 1,243 work right here, and 21,996 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miami Lakes.

12,989live here, work elsewhere

1,243live and work here

21,996work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miami Lakes goes to work

Miami11.8 mi away

18%2,554

Hialeah3.2 mi away

9%1,343

Miami Lakes (in town)right here

9%1,243

Doral7.1 mi away

5%750

Medley4.2 mi away

3%379

Pembroke Pines7.2 mi away

3%360

Coral Gables16.9 mi away

2%347

Miami Gardens5.4 mi away

2%327

Fort Lauderdale19.1 mi away

2%307

Miramar4.3 mi away

2%287

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%6,335

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

How far

How far Miami Lakes commutes

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

48%

42%

48%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miami Lakes is a job hub

1.63jobs 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 Lakes are

23,239 jobs are based in Miami Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miami Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Miami Lakes

23,239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Miami Lakes residents hold

14,232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in Miami Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 23,066 → 23,239. 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.