Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Dania Beach has 1.4 jobs for every working resident: 18,387 people commute in to work
Jobs & income C: better than 27% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #523 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability A: more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns · #73 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Dania Beach; the top destination outside it is Fort Lauderdale (12%, 6 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.9 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dania Beach
Dania Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dania Beach went from 12,291 in 2013 to 19,297 in 2023, +57%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Dania Beach works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Dania Beach: Fort Lauderdale (12%), Hollywood (10%) and Davie (4%). Next door ↓
Dania Beach draws workers from far and wide
The 19,297 jobs in Dania Beach are filled from a wide area. Dania Beach’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 35%; the other 60% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Dania Beach’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dania Beach is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #523 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Dania Beach’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dania Beach could be anywhere from C− to C+.
What the 19,297 jobs in Dania Beach are
19,297 jobs are based in Dania Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dania Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dania Beach, 2013 → 2023: 12,291 → 19,297. 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.
12% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Dania Beach clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Dania Beach fills up on a workday
On a workday 12,455 residents head out to work, 910 work right here, and 18,387 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39,000 people are in Dania Beach on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes each way, about the FL average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dania Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,380 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.
Half of Dania Beach commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Dania Beach 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, Dania Beach is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #73 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 16,696 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, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 10.0% of Dania Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Dania Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dania Beach is 1,113th of 1,283 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dania Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,111 | Leisure City FL | 27,808 | $42K | 24.5% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 1,112 | Ensley FL | 23,760 | $59K | 17.5% | 6.1% | 7% | C |
| 1,113 | Dania Beach FL | 32,791 | $53K | 19.3% | 8.3% | 7% | C |
| 1,114 | Lincoln Park MI | 38,529 | $59K | 21.5% | 8.4% | 4% | C |
| 1,115 | Ridgecrest CA | 28,333 | $89K | 12.5% | 7.6% | 43% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | 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.
26% of Dania Beach works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale (12%). Darker towns draw more of Dania Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dania Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dania Beach | – | C | A | 28 min | $52,748 |
| Hollywood | 10% | C+ | A | 29 min | $67,203 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 12% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Davie | 4% | B | A− | 29 min | $87,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Dania Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Dania Beach?
$52,748 (±$5,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dania Beach?
19.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dania Beach?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dania Beach work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (12%, 6 mi), Hollywood (10%, 2 mi), Miami (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dania Beach walkable?
Dania Beach is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dania Beach without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dania Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dania Beach
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.