Photo: Florida Keys--Public Libraries from Key West, Fla., USA · CC BY 2.0Work, pay and getting to work in Key Colony Beach
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. Commuters spend 10 minutes getting to work on average; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. There are 259 jobs in Key Colony Beach; 333 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Key Colony Beach and work: the main findings
Key Colony Beach and Marathon trade workers both ways
Marathon is the top workplace for Key Colony Beach residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Key Colony Beach come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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 ↓
Commutes from Key Colony Beach are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 138 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 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
30% of working residents work in Marathon
Where Key Colony Beach clocks in
30% of workers
9% 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.
How far Key Colony Beach goes to work
About 52% 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.
Each way, about 10 minutes from Key Colony Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Key Colony Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 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.
Key Colony Beach quiets down on a workday
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Key Colony Beach on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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.
In Key Colony Beach, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Key Colony Beach, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 259. 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 Colony Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 30% of Key Colony Beach’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Key Colony Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Colony Beach | – | — | — | 10 min | $94,231 |
| Marathon | 30% | C | A | 14 min | $89,355 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marathon. Darker towns draw more of Key Colony Beach’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 Key Colony Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Key Colony Beach?
$94,231 (±$44,176) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Key Colony Beach?
8.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Key Colony Beach?
10 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Key Colony Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marathon (30%, 1 mi), Key West (9%, 49 mi), Miami (3%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Key Colony Beach 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 Key Colony Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Key Colony Beach
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.