Work & commute · Opa-locka

Work & commute in Opa-locka, FL

Most working residents leave Opa-locka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (18%), Miami Gardens (6%) and Hialeah (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 6,109 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 5,926 Opa-locka residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 6,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Opa-locka.

5,926live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

6,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Opa-locka goes to work

Miami9.1 mi away

18%1,077

Miami Gardens3.4 mi away

6%353

Hialeah3.6 mi away

6%351

Doral8.7 mi away

4%236

Opa-locka (in town)right here

3%183

Miami Beach9.2 mi away

3%171

Fort Lauderdale18 mi away

3%166

Medley6.4 mi away

2%149

Pembroke Pines9.5 mi away

2%145

Hollywood10.7 mi away

2%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,133

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

How far

How far Opa-locka commutes

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

64%

24%

64%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Opa-locka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Opa-locka are

6,468 jobs are based in Opa-locka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Opa-locka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Opa-locka

6,468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Opa-locka residents hold

6,109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+17%

Jobs based in Opa-locka, 2013 → 2023: 5,546 → 6,468. 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.