Work & commute · Stock Island

Work & commute in Stock Island, FL

Most working residents leave Stock Island for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Key West (57%), Big Coppitt Key (1%) and Fort Lauderdale (1%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 2,505 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,275 Stock Island residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stock Island.

2,275live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stock Island goes to work

Key West2.2 mi away

57%1,436

Stock Island (in town)right here

9%230

Big Coppitt Key5.6 mi away

1%35

Fort Lauderdale147.5 mi away

1%30

Marathon46.4 mi away

1%29

Miami Beach131.8 mi away

1%23

Miami127.2 mi away

1%22

Doral122.2 mi away

1%18

Boca Raton161.3 mi away

1%18

Orlando271.3 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%647

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

How far

How far Stock Island commutes

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

71%

26%

71%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stock Island is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stock Island are

1,004 jobs are based in Stock Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stock Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stock Island

1,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Stock Island residents hold

2,505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+30%

Jobs based in Stock Island, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 1,004. 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.