Fowey Rocks Light · Photo: http://www.birdphotos.com · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Key Biscayne are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 5.5% of residents, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. Key Biscayne grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Key Biscayne, in brief
A lot of Key Biscayne works from home
35% of Key Biscayne workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Key Biscayne and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for Key Biscayne residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Key Biscayne come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Key Biscayne is services
85% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Jobs & income in Key Biscayne: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Key Biscayne is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #19 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($181,505, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Key Biscayne could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily trip from Key Biscayne: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Key Biscayne workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,118 commuters (the 35% 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.
28% of working residents work in Miami
Where Key Biscayne clocks in
28% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Key Biscayne are in services
3,695 jobs are based in Key Biscayne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Key Biscayne, 2013 → 2023: 2,910 → 3,695. 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 Key Biscayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Key Biscayne, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,067 residents head out to work, 538 work right here, and 3,157 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 (0.80 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.
Where in the region Key Biscayne works
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Key Biscayne
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Key Biscayne is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #59 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Key Biscayne near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,297 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, 45% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 2.8% of Key Biscayne households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Key Biscayne’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Key Biscayne is 232nd of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 230 | Mount Joy Township PA | 10,815 | $98K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 6% | A |
| 231 | Mays Chapel MD | 16,066 | $127K | 2.8% | 3.9% | 3% | A |
| 232 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| 233 | Lone Tree CO | 15,278 | $124K | 4.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A |
| 234 | Troy IL | 11,893 | $112K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | 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 Key Biscayne, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Key Biscayne: questions
What is the median household income in Key Biscayne?
$181,505 (±$39,472) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Key Biscayne?
5.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Key Biscayne?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Key Biscayne work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (28%, 6 mi), Coral Gables (8%, 6 mi), Doral (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Key Biscayne walkable?
Key Biscayne is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Key Biscayne without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 45% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Key Biscayne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Key Biscayne
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.