Work & commute · Tamarac

Work & commute in Tamarac, FL

Most working residents leave Tamarac for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (14%), Sunrise (10%) and Coral Springs (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,377 of 31,293 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,916 Tamarac residents head out of town to work, 1,377 work right here, and 13,953 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tamarac.

29,916live here, work elsewhere

1,377live and work here

13,953work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tamarac goes to work

Fort Lauderdale8 mi away

14%4,405

Sunrise2.2 mi away

10%3,156

Coral Springs4.7 mi away

5%1,587

Pompano Beach8 mi away

5%1,552

Tamarac (in town)right here

4%1,377

Plantation5.4 mi away

4%1,294

Boca Raton15 mi away

4%1,161

Hollywood13.2 mi away

3%987

Davie8.7 mi away

3%962

Deerfield Beach11 mi away

3%948

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%13,864

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

How far

How far Tamarac commutes

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

52%

27%

11%

10%

52%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tamarac is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tamarac are

15,330 jobs are based in Tamarac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tamarac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tamarac

15,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tamarac residents hold

31,293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Tamarac, 2013 → 2023: 15,256 → 15,330. 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.