Work & commute · Southwest Ranches

Work & commute in Southwest Ranches, FL

Most working residents leave Southwest Ranches for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (9%), Fort Lauderdale (8%) and Pembroke Pines (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 3,433 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 3,356 Southwest Ranches residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 1,935 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southwest Ranches.

3,356live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

1,935work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southwest Ranches goes to work

Miami21.5 mi away

9%320

Fort Lauderdale15.5 mi away

8%269

Pembroke Pines3.2 mi away

8%259

Sunrise11 mi away

6%206

Davie6 mi away

5%187

Hollywood13 mi away

4%140

Miramar5.7 mi away

4%124

Weston3.9 mi away

4%121

Doral16.2 mi away

3%104

Plantation8.7 mi away

3%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,599

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

How far

How far Southwest Ranches commutes

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

31%

54%

31%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southwest Ranches is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southwest Ranches are

2,012 jobs are based in Southwest Ranches. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southwest Ranches’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southwest Ranches

2,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Southwest Ranches residents hold

3,433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+39%

Jobs based in Southwest Ranches, 2013 → 2023: 1,451 → 2,012. 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.