Work & commute · Three Lakes

Work & commute in Three Lakes, FL

Most working residents leave Three Lakes for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (18%), Kendall (7%) and Doral (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

483 of 7,366 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,883 Three Lakes residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 15,037 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Lakes.

6,883live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

15,037work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Lakes goes to work

Miami15 mi away

18%1,347

Kendall3.4 mi away

7%506

Three Lakes (in town)right here

7%483

Doral12.2 mi away

6%427

Coral Gables8.8 mi away

6%406

Westchester7.7 mi away

2%155

Hialeah16.8 mi away

2%150

The Hammocks3.6 mi away

2%133

Medley15.2 mi away

2%131

South Miami8 mi away

2%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,502

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

How far

How far Three Lakes commutes

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

38%

44%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Lakes is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Lakes are

15,520 jobs are based in Three Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Three Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Three Lakes

15,520 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Three Lakes residents hold

7,366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+45%

Jobs based in Three Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 10,667 → 15,520. 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.