Work & commute · Plantation

Work & commute in Plantation, FL

Most working residents leave Plantation for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (14%), Sunrise (9%) and Davie (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

4,215 of 42,049 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,834 Plantation residents head out of town to work, 4,215 work right here, and 43,984 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plantation.

37,834live here, work elsewhere

4,215live and work here

43,984work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plantation goes to work

Fort Lauderdale7.2 mi away

14%6,008

Plantation (in town)right here

10%4,215

Sunrise3.2 mi away

9%3,912

Davie3.5 mi away

5%2,293

Hollywood8.9 mi away

4%1,891

Miami24.4 mi away

4%1,706

Pembroke Pines9.1 mi away

3%1,412

Pompano Beach11.3 mi away

3%1,112

Weston8.8 mi away

3%1,068

Miramar11.6 mi away

2%951

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%17,481

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

How far

How far Plantation commutes

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

56%

26%

10%

56%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plantation is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plantation are

48,199 jobs are based in Plantation. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plantation’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plantation

48,199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Plantation residents hold

42,049 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Plantation, 2013 → 2023: 42,421 → 48,199. 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.