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Work & commute in North Miami Beach · A commuter town

94% of North Miami Beach’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave North Miami Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (16%), Miami Beach (6%) and Aventura (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
6%
932 of 16,826 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
30 min
More than FL (28 min)
Work from home
12%
Less than FL (16%)
Jobs based here
12,504
A commuter town

What kind of work town is North Miami Beach?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

16% of working residents work in Miami

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Sunny Isles BeachAventura: 825 residents work here (5%)North Miami BeachMiami Beach: 959 residents work here (6%)North Miami: 416 residents work here (2%)Doral: 370 residents work here (2%)Miami Gardens: 593 residents work here (4%)Hialeah: 373 residents work here (2%)Miami: 2,700 residents work here (16%)Fort Lauderdale: 606 residents work here (4%)MiramarPembroke PinesHollywood: 713 residents work here (4%)OjusBiscayne GardensMiamiMiami BeachAventuraHollywoodFort LauderdaleMiami GardensNorth Miami Beach
1
Miami11 mi away
16%2,700
2
Miami Beach8.3 mi away
6%959
3
North Miami Beach (in town)right here
6%932
4
Aventura2.9 mi away
5%825
5
Hollywood7 mi away
4%713
6
Fort Lauderdale14.6 mi away
4%606
7
Miami Gardens5 mi away
4%593
8
North Miami2 mi away
2%416
9
Hialeah9.5 mi away
2%373
10
Doral14.4 mi away
2%370
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%8,339
The top trips

Where North Miami Beach clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

What the 12,504 jobs in North Miami Beach are

12,504 jobs are based in North Miami Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Miami Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Miami BeachJobs North Miami Beach residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%7%
Trade, transport & utilities17%23%
Services: health, schools, offices79%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%39%
Over $3,333 a month48%49%

Who does it

29 or younger20%20%
30 to 5452%52%
55 and older29%27%
+17%

Jobs based in North Miami Beach, 2013 → 2023: 10,714 → 12,504. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Day and night

North Miami Beach quiets down on a workday

On a workday 15,894 residents head out to work, 932 work right here, and 11,572 people come in from elsewhere.

15,894live here, work elsewhere
932live and work here
11,572work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night44,000
Workday40,000
44,000live here− 16,000head out to work+ 12,000come in to work= 40,000on a workday

About 40,000 people are in North Miami Beach on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.74jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of North Miami Beach commutes less than 10 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miMiami: 16% · 11 miMiami Beach: 6% · 8.3 miAventura: 5% · 2.9 miHollywood: 4% · 7 miFort Lauderdale: 4% · 14.6 miMiami Gardens: 4% · 5 miNorth Miami: 2% · 2 miHialeah: 2% · 9.5 miDoral: 2% · 14.4 miMiami 16%Miami Beach 6%Aventura 5%Hollywood 4%Fort Lauderdale 4%North Miami Beach
North Miami BeachTop destinations (size = commuters)
49%Under 10 mi8,271 residents
37%10–24 mi6,257 residents
4%25–50 mi669 residents
10%Over 50 mi1,623 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
231 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

North Miami Beach30 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of North Miami Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10

How North Miami Beach ranks on commute time →

Next door

11% of North Miami Beach works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Aventura (5%). Darker towns draw more of North Miami Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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