Work & commute · Sweetwater

Work & commute in Sweetwater, FL

Most working residents leave Sweetwater for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (15%), Doral (11%) and Hialeah (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

399 of 8,406 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 8,007 Sweetwater residents head out of town to work, 399 work right here, and 16,626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sweetwater.

8,007live here, work elsewhere

399live and work here

16,626work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sweetwater goes to work

Miami11.1 mi away

15%1,293

Doral2.8 mi away

11%925

Sweetwater (in town)right here

5%399

Hialeah7.9 mi away

4%359

Coral Gables10.9 mi away

4%318

Kendall8.4 mi away

4%297

Westchester3.4 mi away

3%278

Fountainebleau2.8 mi away

2%192

Medley5.6 mi away

2%179

Pembroke Pines16.2 mi away

2%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,008

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

How far

How far Sweetwater commutes

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

61%

28%

61%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sweetwater is a job hub

2.03jobs 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 Sweetwater are

17,025 jobs are based in Sweetwater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sweetwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sweetwater

17,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Sweetwater residents hold

8,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+61%

Jobs based in Sweetwater, 2013 → 2023: 10,578 → 17,025. 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.