Photo: Tamanoeconomico · CC BY-SA 4.0Davie’s household incomes are higher than in 65% of U.S. towns
11.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Florida. The two grades for Davie are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.1 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
Work in Davie: the figures worth knowing
Davie trades workers with the towns around it
Davie has about as many jobs (45,854) as working residents (46,766), but they are mostly different people: 42,058 residents leave for work each day while 41,146 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Davie are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Davie works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Davie: Fort Lauderdale (11%), Sunrise (7%) and Hollywood (5%). Next door ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Davie
Job access by car holds Davie’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Davie could be anywhere from B to B+.
Davie by day and by night
On a workday 42,058 residents head out to work, 4,708 work right here, and 41,146 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 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.
11% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Davie clocks in
11% 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.
What work there is in Davie: 45,854 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davie, 2013 → 2023: 38,507 → 45,854. 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 Davie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Davie’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davie workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45,766 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far Davie goes to work
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Davie
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Davie is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #253 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of 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 54,679 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 4.2% of Davie households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Davie’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
174th of 378: where Davie ranks among U.S. towns of 78,000 to 150,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| 108 | Kendall FL | 79,562 | $87K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Fullerton CA | 138,675 | $104K | 12.3% | 6.3% | 10% | B+ |
| 173 | Suffolk VA | 104,699 | $93K | 9.4% | 5.0% | 22% | B+ |
| 174 | Davie FL | 110,851 | $87K | 11.2% | 5.2% | 10% | B |
| 175 | Elgin IL | 115,476 | $90K | 9.8% | 6.1% | 20% | B |
| 176 | Columbia MO | 130,851 | $66K | 19.3% | 4.0% | 69% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 378 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Davie, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Davie and its neighbors: 34% work next door
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Davie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davie | – | B | A− | 29 min | $87,250 |
| Southwest Ranches | under 3% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $161,051 |
| Cooper City | under 3% | A | B | 28 min | $132,319 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 11% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Hollywood | 5% | C+ | A | 29 min | $67,203 |
| Plantation | 4% | A− | A− | 28 min | $92,541 |
| Dania Beach | under 3% | C | A | 28 min | $52,748 |
| Broadview Park | under 3% | B | A | 28 min | $73,786 |
| Sunrise | 7% | B | A− | 30 min | $77,652 |
| Weston | 3% | A | B+ | 30 min | $139,825 |
| Pembroke Pines | 4% | B+ | B | 30 min | $85,104 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Davie’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 Davie: questions
What is the median household income in Davie?
$87,250 (±$5,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davie?
11.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davie?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davie work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (11%, 10 mi), Sunrise (7%, 6 mi), Miami (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Davie walkable?
Davie is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Davie without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davie
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.