Photo: City of Margate · CC BY 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Margate works elsewhere
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. 12,373 jobs are based in Margate; 25,838 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Margate are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Margate: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind Margate’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Margate is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #301 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Margate’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,450, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Margate could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Margate workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26,779 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many people are in Margate by day
On a workday 24,537 residents head out to work, 1,301 work right here, and 11,072 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47,000 people are in Margate on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
13% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Margate clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Margate
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Margate, 2013 → 2023: 12,102 → 12,373. 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 Margate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Margate’s workers travel
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.
Margate is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Margate is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #129 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.6% 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 29,912 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 81% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 6.9% of Margate households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Margate’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Margate ranks: 481st of 737 U.S. towns of 42,000 to 81,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 479 | Plant City FL | 44,118 | $67K | 15.0% | 2.9% | 15% | B |
| 480 | Florissant MO | 51,124 | $65K | 10.1% | 5.1% | 6% | B |
| 481 | Margate FL | 60,070 | $62K | 12.1% | 4.1% | 5% | B− |
| 482 | Sarasota FL | 58,458 | $72K | 15.0% | 3.6% | 26% | B− |
| 483 | Leominster MA | 44,194 | $84K | 9.2% | 6.2% | 21% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Margate, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Margate
The biggest share goes to Coral Springs (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Margate workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | – | B− | A | 31 min | $62,450 |
| North Lauderdale | under 3% | C+ | A− | 31 min | $63,326 |
| Coconut Creek | 3% | B | A− | 30 min | $75,014 |
| Coral Springs | 6% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $93,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Margate’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 Margate: questions
What is the median household income in Margate?
$62,450 (±$7,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Margate?
12.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Margate?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Margate work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (13%, 8 mi), Sunrise (7%, 6 mi), Pompano Beach (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Margate walkable?
Margate is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Margate without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Margate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Margate
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.