Photo: Averette · CC BY 3.0El Portal has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for El Portal are A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 271 jobs are based in El Portal, and 926 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in El Portal: the figures worth knowing
A lot of El Portal works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders El Portal: Miami (30%) and Miami Shores (5%). Next door ↓
Most El Portal residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
El Portal is a place people come home to
There are 271 jobs based in El Portal, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday El Portal has about 1,300 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 926 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
El Portal’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, El Portal is better than 87% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds El Portal’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, El Portal could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Miles to work from El Portal
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes El Portal
On a workday 922 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in El Portal on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
30% of working residents work in Miami
Where El Portal clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in El Portal, 2014 → 2024: 221 → 271. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Portal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from El Portal
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of El Portal workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 886 commuters (the 20% 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.
Most trips from El Portal start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, El Portal is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 1,112 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, 71% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 17.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 3.5% of El Portal households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of El Portal’s commuters take a bus or train.
How El Portal ranks: 430th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 428 | Afton Township KS | 1,640 | $133K | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 429 | Blumfield Township MI | 1,848 | $87K | 2.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A |
| 430 | El Portal FL | 1,943 | $108K | 5.8% | 4.3% | <1% | A |
| 431 | Solway Township MN | 2,005 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| 432 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 El Portal, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
35% of El Portal works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Miami (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | El Portal workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Portal | – | A | B+ | 25 min | $108,167 |
| Miami | 30% | C+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,462 |
| Miami Shores | 5% | A− | A | 26 min | $144,050 |
| West Little River | under 2% | C | A+ | 31 min | $56,436 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of El Portal’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 2024, 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 El Portal: questions
What is the median household income in El Portal?
$108,167 (±$69,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in El Portal?
5.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from El Portal?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in El Portal work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (30%, 6 mi), Miami Beach (9%, 4 mi), Miami Shores (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is El Portal walkable?
El Portal is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around El Portal without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 71% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from El Portal, from the people who make the trip.
More of El Portal
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.