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Jobs & commute in Country Walk

Household incomes in Country Walk are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns

For jobs and income Country Walk is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B). Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Only 5% stay in Country Walk for work; outside it, Miami is the main destination (17%, 17 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Country Walk apart

Country Walk has added jobs fast

Jobs based in Country Walk went from 3,384 in 2014 to 6,090 in 2024, +80%. The jobs ↓

Country Walk workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓

Country Walk makes and builds things

40% of the jobs based in Country Walk are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Country Walk residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 9%. The jobs ↓

Country Walk draws workers from far and wide

The 6,090 jobs in Country Walk are filled from a wide area. Country Walk’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 35%; the other 59% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.

Jobs & income grade

Jobs & income in Country Walk: the grade in detail

Household income is its strongest input ($124,540, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.

Household income $124,540 (±$18,352) · FL $74,568 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 90% of U.S. towns
Poverty 6.0% · FL 12.6% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 74% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 2.9% (±1.3) · FL 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 71% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 86% of U.S. towns
Florida towns we grade 638 towns#23 of 638
A−A+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Country Walk could be anywhere from A− to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · The jobs

In Country Walk, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

6,090 jobs are based in Country Walk.

Jobs based in Country WalkJobs Country Walk residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%9%
Trade, transport & utilities17%23%
Services: health, schools, offices43%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%27%
Over $3,333 a month57%63%

Who does it

29 or younger17%19%
30 to 5453%52%
55 and older30%28%
+80%

Jobs based in Country Walk, 2014 → 2024: 3,384 → 6,090. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Country Walk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 37 minutes from Country Walk

A year of commuting
285 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Country Walk37 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Country Walk workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Country Walk gets to work
86%Drive alone
11%Carpool
1%Transit
<1%Bike
1%Other

Share of the 8,697 commuters (the 14% 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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Country Walk: the destinations

Medley: 141 residents work here (2%)Doral: 475 residents work here (6%)Coral Gables: 448 residents work here (6%)HomesteadHialeahMiami: 1,339 residents work here (17%)Fort Lauderdale: 128 residents work here (2%)Country WalkThree Lakes: 288 residents work here (4%)Richmond WestSouth Miami HeightsPrincetonWestchester: 130 residents work here (2%)The Hammocks: 166 residents work here (2%)Kendale LakesKendall: 485 residents work here (6%)MiamiKendallDoralCoral GablesThree LakesThe HammocksCountry Walk
1
Miami17.1 mi away
17%1,339
2
Kendall5.6 mi away
6%485
3
Doral13.4 mi away
6%475
4
Coral Gables11 mi away
6%448
5
Country Walk (in town)right here
5%375
6
Three Lakes2.2 mi away
4%288
7
The Hammocks2.8 mi away
2%166
8
Medley16.4 mi away
2%141
9
Westchester9.3 mi away
2%130
10
Fort Lauderdale39.4 mi away
2%128
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%3,842
The top trips

Where Country Walk clocks in

Lines 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.

Day and night

Who leaves Country Walk for work, and who comes in

On a workday 7,442 residents head out to work, 375 work right here, and 5,715 people come in from elsewhere.

7,442live here, work elsewhere
375live and work here
5,715work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night19,000
Workday18,000
19,000live here− 7,400head out to work+ 5,700come in to work= 18,000on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.78jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

How far

How far it is to work from Country Walk

10 mi25 mi45 miMiami: 17% · 17.1 miKendall: 6% · 5.6 miDoral: 6% · 13.4 miCoral Gables: 6% · 11 miThree Lakes: 4% · 2.2 miThe Hammocks: 2% · 2.8 miMedley: 2% · 16.4 miWestchester: 2% · 9.3 miFort Lauderdale: 2% · 39.4 miMiami 17%Kendall 6%Doral 6%Coral Gables 6%Three Lakes 4%Country Walk
Country WalkTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi2,409 residents
50%10–24 mi3,877 residents
9%25–50 mi720 residents
10%Over 50 mi806 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Getting around · Walkability grade

The commute in Country Walk is mostly behind the wheel

The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.

EPA walkability index 10.6 of 20 · typical FL town 9.0 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 85% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 1.3% of commuters · FL 3.6% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 34% of U.S. towns
Florida towns we grade 638 towns#360 of 638
BB

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,087 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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

Miami31.0
Country Walk5.6

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Country Walk households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Country Walk’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Ranked on jobs and income, Country Walk is 260th among 1,760 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Rogers MN15,606$159K1.9%1.2%10%A+
2West Springfield VA22,532$163K1.9%1.7%3%A+
3Ada Township MI14,769$168K2.0%0.7%10%A+
…
67Pinecrest FL18,635$206K4.3%3.0%5%A+
…
90Lake Butler FL17,125$183K3.7%2.7%3%A+
…
118Palm Valley FL19,796$117K4.2%1.2%13%A+
…
258Cromwell CT14,350$111K5.9%2.8%8%A
259Sugar Creek Township IN18,299$101K5.6%2.0%6%A
260Country Walk FL19,291$125K6.0%2.9%5%A
261Campton Township IL17,328$181K2.0%4.7%4%A
262Plainsboro Township NJ24,349$132K4.2%4.0%9%A
…
1,760Douglas AZ16,038$42K27.8%12.3%28%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 Country Walk, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.

Next door

Next door to Country Walk

The biggest share goes to Three Lakes (4%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Three Lakes33 min
Country Walk37 min
Richmond West41 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCountry Walk workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Country Walk–AB37 min$124,540
Richmond Westunder 2%A−B+41 min$101,970
Three Lakes4%A−A−33 min$102,306

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Country Walk’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Country Walk: questions

What is the median household income in Country Walk?

$124,540 (±$18,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Country Walk?

6.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Country Walk?

37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Country Walk work?

5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (17%, 17 mi), Kendall (6%, 6 mi), Doral (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Is Country Walk walkable?

Country Walk is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Country Walk without a car?

1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Country Walk, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Country Walk

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.