Work, pay and getting to work in Boulevard Gardens
For jobs and income Boulevard Gardens is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B). 2% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Florida. Household incomes here are lower than in 58% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Boulevard Gardens stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Boulevard Gardens than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Boulevard Gardens fell from 6,178 in 2013 to 374 in 2023, −94%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Boulevard Gardens and Fort Lauderdale trade workers both ways
Fort Lauderdale is the top workplace for Boulevard Gardens residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Boulevard Gardens come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Boulevard Gardens residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 594 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Boulevard Gardens’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Boulevard Gardens’ grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($70,458, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Boulevard Gardens’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Boulevard Gardens could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Boulevard Gardens makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
374 jobs are based in Boulevard Gardens.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boulevard Gardens, 2013 → 2023: 6,178 → 374. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boulevard Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Boulevard Gardens clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Boulevard Gardens’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Boulevard Gardens
On a workday 593 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Boulevard Gardens on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Boulevard Gardens: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boulevard Gardens workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Boulevard Gardens, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 644 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.3% of Boulevard Gardens households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boulevard Gardens’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Boulevard Gardens comes 835th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 51 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 120 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 126 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 833 | Woodland Township MN | 1,184 | $97K | 6.3% | 4.3% | 2% | A− |
| 834 | Lamartine WI | 1,781 | $95K | 6.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 835 | Boulevard Gardens FL | 1,499 | $70K | 7.6% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 836 | Ortonville MI | 1,339 | $99K | 8.9% | 6.9% | 5% | A− |
| 837 | Miami Township IN | 1,312 | $100K | 3.5% | 5.3% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boulevard Gardens, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Boulevard Gardens’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boulevard Gardens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulevard Gardens | – | A− | B | 27 min | $70,458 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 17% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Lauderhill | under 3% | C | A | 30 min | $51,165 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale. Darker towns draw more of Boulevard Gardens’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Boulevard Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Boulevard Gardens?
$70,458 (±$32,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boulevard Gardens?
7.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boulevard Gardens?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boulevard Gardens work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (17%, 2 mi), Sunrise (15%, 6 mi), Pompano Beach (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boulevard Gardens walkable?
Boulevard Gardens is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 15.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boulevard Gardens without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boulevard Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boulevard Gardens
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.