Jobs, income and commuting in Duck Key, FL
About one in ten stay in Duck Key for work; outside it, Marathon is the main destination (20%, 8 miles). Working residents average 14 minutes each way, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Duck Key report 298 jobs, and 339 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Duck Key in brief
A big share show a job far from home
57% 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 ↓
Duck Key and Marathon trade workers both ways
Marathon is the top workplace for Duck Key residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Duck Key come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Duck Key are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
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 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Duck Key
About 57% 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.
Where Duck Key’s working residents head each day
Where Duck Key clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 14 minutes from Duck Key
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duck Key workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 15% 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.
Duck Key by day and by night
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 267 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 (0.88 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Duck Key
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duck Key, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 298. 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 Duck Key’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Duck Key: questions
What is the median household income in Duck Key?
$156,719 (±$18,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duck Key?
13.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duck Key?
14 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duck Key work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marathon (20%, 8 mi), Key West (7%, 56 mi), Miami (4%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Duck Key without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duck Key, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duck 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.