Work & commute · South Miami

Work & commute in South Miami, FL

Most working residents leave South Miami for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (27%), Coral Gables (12%) and Kendall (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

325 of 5,356 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,031 South Miami residents head out of town to work, 325 work right here, and 10,180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Miami.

5,031live here, work elsewhere

325live and work here

10,180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Miami goes to work

Miami7.1 mi away

27%1,423

Coral Gables3.1 mi away

12%647

South Miami (in town)right here

6%325

Kendall4.6 mi away

4%236

Doral8.3 mi away

4%231

Miami Beach11.7 mi away

3%148

Glenvar Heights1.3 mi away

3%136

Hialeah11.2 mi away

2%100

Coral Terrace2.7 mi away

2%89

Westchester4.4 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,933

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

How far

How far South Miami commutes

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

73%

13%

73%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Miami is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in South Miami are

10,505 jobs are based in South Miami. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Miami’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Miami

10,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs South Miami residents hold

5,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in South Miami, 2013 → 2023: 10,442 → 10,505. 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.