With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ives Estates works elsewhere
Employers in Ives Estates report 2,335 jobs; 10,103 of its residents have a job. Ives Estates grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.1 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
What sets Ives Estates apart on work
Ives Estates is a place people come home to
There are 2,335 jobs based in Ives Estates, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ives Estates has about 21,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ives Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Where Ives Estates’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ives Estates is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #313 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Ives Estates’ grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ives Estates could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who leaves Ives Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,901 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 2,133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Ives Estates on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Getting to work from Ives Estates takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ives Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,039 commuters (the 13% 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.
19% of working residents work in Miami
Where Ives Estates clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
What Ives Estates’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ives Estates, 2013 → 2023: 2,575 → 2,335. 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 Ives Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ives Estates
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: Ives Estates
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ives Estates is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #166 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 14,925 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, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 4.4% of Ives Estates households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Ives Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000, Ives Estates ranks 908th of 1,409 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 89 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Keystone FL | 25,858 | $161K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 906 | Sahuarita AZ | 37,694 | $105K | 8.6% | 6.4% | 11% | B− |
| 907 | Biddeford ME | 22,399 | $72K | 15.5% | 3.1% | 18% | B− |
| 908 | Ives Estates FL | 28,506 | $72K | 11.9% | 5.8% | 2% | B− |
| 909 | Collinsville IL | 23,717 | $68K | 12.0% | 4.7% | 10% | B− |
| 910 | Wayne Township IN | 29,702 | $72K | 12.7% | 2.8% | 40% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Ives Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Ives Estates compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Miami Gardens (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ives Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ives Estates | – | B− | A | 34 min | $72,239 |
| Ojus | under 2% | B− | A | 31 min | $68,644 |
| Miami Gardens | 3% | C+ | A | 32 min | $63,627 |
| Pembroke Park | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 33 min | $52,928 |
| West Park | under 2% | C+ | A | 33 min | $65,952 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ives Estates’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 Ives Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Ives Estates?
$72,239 (±$7,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ives Estates?
11.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ives Estates?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ives Estates work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (19%, 13 mi), Hollywood (5%, 5 mi), Aventura (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ives Estates walkable?
Ives Estates is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ives Estates without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ives Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ives Estates
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.