Work & commute · West Miami

Work & commute in West Miami, FL

Most working residents leave West Miami for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (27%), Coral Gables (9%) and Doral (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 3,037 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,938 West Miami residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Miami.

2,938live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Miami goes to work

Miami5.6 mi away

27%805

Coral Gables6.2 mi away

9%270

Doral5.4 mi away

6%180

Hialeah7.8 mi away

4%112

Kendall7.2 mi away

4%111

West Miami (in town)right here

3%99

Coral Terrace0.9 mi away

3%97

Miami Beach10.2 mi away

3%82

Westchester3.6 mi away

2%54

South Miami3.4 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,182

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

How far

How far West Miami commutes

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

77%

13%

77%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Miami is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Miami are

1,195 jobs are based in West Miami. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Miami’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Miami

1,195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs West Miami residents hold

3,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in West Miami, 2013 → 2023: 977 → 1,195. 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.