Photo: Averette · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Coral Gables are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. Poverty touches 9.4% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Coral Gables A; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Coral Gables
Coral Gables has far more jobs than workers
Coral Gables has 67,916 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 98,000 people are in town, 97% more than the 50,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Coral Gables residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Coral Gables and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for Coral Gables residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Coral Gables come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Coral Gables’ 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 27 to 35 minutes. Next door ↓
Coral Gables draws workers from far and wide
The 67,916 jobs in Coral Gables are filled from a wide area. Coral Gables’ own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Coral Gables
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coral Gables is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #58 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coral Gables could be anywhere from A− to A.
Who works in Coral Gables, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 15,984 residents head out to work, 3,612 work right here, and 64,304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98,000 people are in Coral Gables on a workday afternoon, 97% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How many miles Coral Gables commutes
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.
Commuting in to Coral Gables: where workers come from
Where Coral Gables clocks in
28% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Coral Gables
67,916 jobs are based in Coral Gables.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coral Gables, 2013 → 2023: 56,953 → 67,916. 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 Coral Gables’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coral Gables’ commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coral Gables workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,162 commuters (the 23% 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.
Coral Gables is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coral Gables is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #11 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Coral Gables near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 23,474 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.0 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). 6.3% of Coral Gables households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Coral Gables’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 887 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000, Coral Gables comes 209th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 38 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 86 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
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| 207 | Orangetown NY | 50,377 | $145K | 6.3% | 5.2% | 16% | A |
| 208 | San Bruno CA | 42,305 | $141K | 6.0% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| 209 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
| 210 | Washington Township NJ | 49,840 | $114K | 5.5% | 4.5% | 13% | A |
| 211 | Des Plaines IL | 58,772 | $98K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Coral Gables, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 28% of Coral Gables
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coral Gables workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Gables | – | A | A+ | 24 min | $134,216 |
| Pinecrest | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $206,417 |
| Miami | 28% | C+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,462 |
| Palmetto Bay | under 2% | A+ | A | 35 min | $142,447 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Miami. Darker towns draw more of Coral Gables’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 Coral Gables: questions
What is the median household income in Coral Gables?
$134,216 (±$5,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coral Gables?
9.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coral Gables?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coral Gables work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (28%, 8 mi), Doral (4%, 11 mi), Kendall (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coral Gables walkable?
Coral Gables is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coral Gables without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coral Gables, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coral Gables
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.