Work & commute · Westchester

Work & commute in Westchester, FL

Most working residents leave Westchester for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (21%), Doral (7%) and Coral Gables (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,526 of 22,317 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,791 Westchester residents head out of town to work, 1,526 work right here, and 16,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westchester.

20,791live here, work elsewhere

1,526live and work here

16,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westchester goes to work

Miami9.2 mi away

21%4,612

Doral4.8 mi away

7%1,612

Westchester (in town)right here

7%1,526

Coral Gables7.5 mi away

6%1,346

Hialeah9.2 mi away

4%883

Kendall5.4 mi away

4%865

Medley7.7 mi away

2%540

Coral Terrace3 mi away

2%401

Fountainebleau1.9 mi away

2%366

Glenvar Heights3.4 mi away

2%355

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%9,811

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

How far

How far Westchester commutes

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

67%

21%

67%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westchester is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westchester are

17,678 jobs are based in Westchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westchester

17,678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Westchester residents hold

22,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in Westchester, 2013 → 2023: 18,779 → 17,678. 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.