Work & commute · Palmetto Bay

Work & commute in Palmetto Bay, FL

Most working residents leave Palmetto Bay for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (23%), Coral Gables (9%) and Kendall (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

646 of 10,501 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,855 Palmetto Bay residents head out of town to work, 646 work right here, and 7,714 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmetto Bay.

9,855live here, work elsewhere

646live and work here

7,714work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmetto Bay goes to work

Miami12.6 mi away

23%2,467

Coral Gables5 mi away

9%894

Kendall3.8 mi away

7%705

Palmetto Bay (in town)right here

6%646

Doral13.6 mi away

4%416

Hialeah17.2 mi away

2%184

South Miami6.2 mi away

2%181

Three Lakes5.3 mi away

2%177

Pinecrest3.1 mi away

2%160

Fort Lauderdale37.5 mi away

1%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,523

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

How far

How far Palmetto Bay commutes

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

39%

42%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmetto Bay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmetto Bay are

8,360 jobs are based in Palmetto Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmetto Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palmetto Bay

8,360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Palmetto Bay residents hold

10,501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+23%

Jobs based in Palmetto Bay, 2013 → 2023: 6,782 → 8,360. 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.