Work & commute · West Park

Work & commute in West Park, FL

Most working residents leave West Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (11%), Fort Lauderdale (8%) and Hollywood (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 6,822 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 6,697 West Park residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 2,227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Park.

6,697live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

2,227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Park goes to work

Miami14.2 mi away

11%723

Fort Lauderdale11.4 mi away

8%530

Hollywood3.8 mi away

7%469

Sunrise14.2 mi away

6%380

Pembroke Pines10.2 mi away

4%251

Miramar9.8 mi away

3%214

Davie9.4 mi away

3%199

Miami Gardens4.4 mi away

3%180

Hialeah10.7 mi away

2%139

Aventura3.2 mi away

2%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,603

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

How far

How far West Park commutes

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

40%

45%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Park is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Park are

2,352 jobs are based in West Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Park

2,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs West Park residents hold

6,822 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+11%

Jobs based in West Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,110 → 2,352. 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.