Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Miami Beach, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 24% of workers; Florida has 16%. Miami Beach grades B for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 54% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Miami Beach, in brief
Miami Beach and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for Miami Beach residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Miami Beach come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Miami Beach is where the jobs are
Miami Beach has 51,543 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Miami Beach
24% of Miami Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Miami Beach is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% 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.
Miami Beach’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Miami Beach is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #297 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Miami Beach’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Miami Beach could be anywhere from B− to B.
Commuting in to Miami Beach: where workers come from
Where Miami Beach clocks in
22% of workers
3% 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.
In and out of Miami Beach on a workday
On a workday 25,112 residents head out to work, 8,055 work right here, and 43,488 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100,000 people are in Miami Beach on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Miami Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miami Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34,933 commuters (the 24% 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.
Miami Beach is a services town
51,543 jobs are based in Miami Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miami Beach, 2013 → 2023: 48,122 → 51,543. 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 Miami Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Miami Beach
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.
Miami Beach is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Miami Beach is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #1 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Miami Beach 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 45,910 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 80% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 22.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 22.6% of Miami Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Miami Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Miami Beach ranks: 350th of 559 U.S. towns of 57,000 to 110,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
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| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 59 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 82 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 149 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
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| 348 | Santa Barbara CA | 86,422 | $106K | 14.0% | 5.8% | 43% | B |
| 349 | Pittsburg CA | 77,542 | $100K | 11.2% | 7.6% | 9% | B |
| 350 | Miami Beach FL | 81,594 | $73K | 14.4% | 4.6% | 24% | B |
| 351 | Champaign IL | 91,195 | $56K | 25.9% | 4.8% | 45% | B |
| 352 | Champaign City Township IL | 91,195 | $56K | 25.9% | 4.8% | 45% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 559 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Miami Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Miami Beach and its neighbors: 22% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miami Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Beach | – | B | A+ | 27 min | $72,856 |
| Fisher Island | under 1% | A+ | B− | — | $250,000+ |
| Miami | 22% | C+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,462 |
| North Bay Village | under 1% | A− | B+ | 34 min | $84,405 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Miami. Darker towns draw more of Miami 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 Miami Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Miami Beach?
$72,856 (±$4,086) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miami Beach?
14.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miami Beach?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miami Beach work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (22%, 5 mi), Coral Gables (3%, 12 mi), Doral (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Miami Beach walkable?
Miami Beach is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.3 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Miami Beach without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. 80% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miami Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miami 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. 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.