Work & commute · Virginia Gardens

Work & commute in Virginia Gardens, FL

Most working residents leave Virginia Gardens for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (21%), Doral (7%) and Hialeah (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,148 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,122 Virginia Gardens residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 2,135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virginia Gardens.

1,122live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

2,135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virginia Gardens goes to work

Miami6 mi away

21%236

Doral3.7 mi away

7%85

Hialeah4.2 mi away

6%70

Miami Beach9.5 mi away

5%61

Coral Gables9.6 mi away

4%41

Miami Springs0.9 mi away

3%40

Kendall10.4 mi away

3%35

Virginia Gardens (in town)right here

2%26

Medley4.5 mi away

2%23

Pembroke Pines14.4 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%513

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

How far

How far Virginia Gardens commutes

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

75%

16%

75%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virginia Gardens is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Virginia Gardens are

2,161 jobs are based in Virginia Gardens. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Virginia Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Virginia Gardens

2,161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Virginia Gardens residents hold

1,148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+210%

Jobs based in Virginia Gardens, 2013 → 2023: 697 → 2,161. 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.