Photo: Ven-Lib · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Doral has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 77,236 people come in to work
Measured by household income, Doral is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Doral has 83,837 jobs for 31,465 working residents. About one in five work in Doral; the top destination outside it is Miami (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doral at work: what stands out
Doral is where the jobs are
Doral has 83,837 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 134,000 people are in town, 64% more than the 82,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Doral residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Doral draws workers from far and wide
The 83,837 jobs in Doral are filled from a wide area. Doral’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 58% 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.
Income, poverty and work: Doral’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Doral is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #106 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Doral’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Doral could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Doral on a workday afternoon
On a workday 24,864 residents head out to work and 6,601 work right here.
About 134,000 people are in Doral on a workday afternoon, 64% more 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.
How many miles Doral 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 Doral: where workers come from
Where Doral clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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 Doral’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doral, 2013 → 2023: 70,515 → 83,837. 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 Doral’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Doral, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doral workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34,417 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.
Doral is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% 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 41,974 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 91% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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 Doral households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Doral’s commuters take a bus or train.
160th of 559: where Doral ranks among U.S. towns of 57,000 to 110,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 59 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 82 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Woodbridge Township NJ | 104,802 | $109K | 8.4% | 4.9% | 13% | A− |
| 159 | Commerce City CO | 72,345 | $112K | 8.7% | 4.3% | 10% | A− |
| 160 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| 161 | Gaithersburg MD | 71,113 | $112K | 8.8% | 4.6% | 12% | A− |
| 162 | Hendersonville TN | 64,266 | $97K | 6.3% | 4.3% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 559 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Doral, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Doral
The biggest share goes to Medley (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Doral workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doral | – | A− | A− | 27 min | $94,164 |
| Medley | 4% | C | B | 25 min | $40,735 |
| Sweetwater | 3% | B− | A | 29 min | $54,967 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Doral’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 Doral: questions
What is the median household income in Doral?
$94,164 (±$6,032) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doral?
10.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doral?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doral work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (15%, 10 mi), Coral Gables (4%, 11 mi), Medley (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Doral walkable?
Doral is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Doral without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doral, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doral
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.