Bat Tower-Sugarloaf Key · Photo: Averette at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Cudjoe Key has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Cudjoe Key has 399 jobs; 879 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Cudjoe Key are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Cudjoe Key
One in three of Cudjoe Key works in Key West
291 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Key West, 19 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Cudjoe Key itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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 879 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Cudjoe Key’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cudjoe Key is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Cudjoe Key’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cudjoe Key could be anywhere from C− to A−.
33% of working residents work in Key West
Where Cudjoe Key clocks in
33% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Cudjoe Key
About 39% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Who commutes out of Cudjoe Key, and who commutes in
On a workday 783 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Cudjoe Key on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Cudjoe Key’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cudjoe Key, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 399. 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 Cudjoe Key’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cudjoe Key’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cudjoe Key workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 957 commuters (the 18% 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.
Cudjoe Key is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cudjoe Key is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cudjoe Key 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 1,174 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 1.8% of Cudjoe Key households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cudjoe Key’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cudjoe Key places 2,367th of 5,401 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,365 | Bloom Township OH | 2,517 | $74K | 12.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,366 | Angelo WI | 1,737 | $71K | 5.5% | 1.7% | <1% | B− |
| 2,367 | Cudjoe Key FL | 2,492 | $88K | 8.6% | 2.5% | 11% | B− |
| 2,368 | Sterlington LA | 2,663 | $69K | 17.3% | 1.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,369 | Upland PA | 3,049 | $62K | 10.0% | 5.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Cudjoe Key, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Cudjoe Key: questions
What is the median household income in Cudjoe Key?
$87,500 (±$13,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cudjoe Key?
8.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cudjoe Key?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cudjoe Key work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Key West (33%, 19 mi), Big Pine Key (4%, 9 mi), Marathon (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cudjoe Key walkable?
Cudjoe Key is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cudjoe Key without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cudjoe Key, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cudjoe Key
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.