Work & commute · Parkland

Work & commute in Parkland, FL

Most working residents leave Parkland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (10%), Coral Springs (9%) and Boca Raton (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

626 of 13,281 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,655 Parkland residents head out of town to work, 626 work right here, and 3,196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkland.

12,655live here, work elsewhere

626live and work here

3,196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkland goes to work

Fort Lauderdale14 mi away

10%1,354

Coral Springs3.2 mi away

9%1,189

Boca Raton10.3 mi away

9%1,178

Sunrise10.1 mi away

6%815

Parkland (in town)right here

5%626

Deerfield Beach8.3 mi away

4%570

Pompano Beach9.3 mi away

4%554

Plantation13.2 mi away

3%458

Coconut Creek5.2 mi away

3%415

Miami37.6 mi away

2%314

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,808

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

How far

How far Parkland commutes

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

36%

41%

13%

11%

36%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkland is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkland are

3,822 jobs are based in Parkland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parkland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parkland

3,822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Parkland residents hold

13,281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+161%

Jobs based in Parkland, 2013 → 2023: 1,466 → 3,822. 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.