Work & commute · Surfside

Work & commute in Surfside, FL

Most working residents leave Surfside for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (20%), Miami Beach (9%) and Fort Lauderdale (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

212 of 1,922 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,710 Surfside residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 2,353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Surfside.

1,710live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

2,353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Surfside goes to work

Miami8.9 mi away

20%378

Surfside (in town)right here

11%212

Miami Beach4.8 mi away

9%180

Fort Lauderdale18.2 mi away

3%57

Hollywood10.8 mi away

3%55

Doral15.1 mi away

2%44

Aventura5.6 mi away

2%43

Coral Gables16.6 mi away

2%41

Hialeah11.1 mi away

2%36

Bal Harbour1 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%841

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

How far

How far Surfside commutes

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

54%

30%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Surfside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Surfside are

2,565 jobs are based in Surfside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Surfside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Surfside

2,565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Surfside residents hold

1,922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+50%

Jobs based in Surfside, 2013 → 2023: 1,715 → 2,565. 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.