Work & commute · Miami

Work & commute in Miami, FL

About one in 3 of Miami’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Coral Gables (6%), Miami Beach (5%) and Doral (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

57,404 of 167,837 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110,433 Miami residents head out of town to work, 57,404 work right here, and 248,702 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miami.

110,433live here, work elsewhere

57,404live and work here

248,702work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miami goes to work

Miami (in town)right here

34%57,404

Coral Gables7.8 mi away

6%9,956

Miami Beach4.7 mi away

5%9,081

Doral9.7 mi away

5%7,777

Hialeah8.8 mi away

3%5,123

Kendall11.7 mi away

2%3,555

Fort Lauderdale25.6 mi away

2%2,978

Medley10.3 mi away

1%2,393

Miami Gardens12.2 mi away

1%2,187

Westchester9.2 mi away

1%1,578

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%65,805

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

How far

How far Miami commutes

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

71%

15%

71%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miami is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miami are

306,106 jobs are based in Miami. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miami’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Miami

306,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Miami residents hold

167,837 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+24%

Jobs based in Miami, 2013 → 2023: 247,090 → 306,106. 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.