Most of Goulds commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
4% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). There are 1,071 jobs in Goulds, and 4,351 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Goulds C; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goulds and work: the main findings
Jobs in Goulds have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Goulds went from 525 in 2013 to 1,071 in 2023, +104%. The jobs ↓
Goulds workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Goulds is a place people come home to
There are 1,071 jobs based in Goulds, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Goulds
51% of Goulds residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Goulds pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Goulds are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Goulds’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Goulds is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #475 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Goulds’ grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goulds could be anywhere from C− to B.
What Goulds’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goulds, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 1,071. 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 Goulds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Goulds
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goulds workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,905 commuters (the 5% 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.
In and out of Goulds on a workday
On a workday 4,311 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 1,031 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Goulds on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Miami
Where Goulds clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Goulds
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.
Goulds is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,184 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, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 15.7 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). 11.9% of Goulds households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Goulds’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Goulds is 1,713th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,711 | Mount Vernon OH | 17,287 | $54K | 21.9% | 2.8% | 35% | C |
| 1,712 | Pinewood FL | 18,114 | $59K | 20.5% | 7.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,713 | Goulds FL | 14,425 | $62K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 1% | C |
| 1,714 | Wimauma FL | 15,266 | $68K | 23.6% | 4.1% | 2% | C |
| 1,715 | Huntington IN | 17,167 | $57K | 15.0% | 4.6% | 33% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Goulds, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Goulds and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to South Miami Heights (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goulds workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goulds | – | C | A | 35 min | $61,735 |
| South Miami Heights | 2% | C+ | A− | 35 min | $65,417 |
| Princeton | 2% | B | A | 41 min | $83,426 |
| Cutler Bay | 2% | B+ | B+ | 38 min | $89,244 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Goulds’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 Goulds: questions
What is the median household income in Goulds?
$61,735 (±$3,036) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goulds?
16.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goulds?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goulds work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (16%, 18 mi), Kendall (7%, 8 mi), Coral Gables (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goulds walkable?
Goulds is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goulds without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goulds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goulds
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.