Photo: Pietro · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Miami Gardens (9.0%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Miami Gardens grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 6% stay in Miami Gardens for work; outside it, Miami is the main destination (20%, 12 miles). 9% of workers work from home (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Miami Gardens, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Miami Gardens are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Miami Gardens draws workers from far and wide
The 32,101 jobs in Miami Gardens are filled from a wide area. Miami Gardens’ own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Miami Gardens
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Miami Gardens is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #428 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Miami Gardens’ grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Miami Gardens could be anywhere from C to C+.
The 32,101 jobs based in Miami Gardens
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miami Gardens, 2014 → 2024: 24,889 → 32,101. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miami Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Miami Gardens work
Where Miami Gardens clocks in
20% of workers
4% 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.
A workday in Miami Gardens: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 46,222 residents head out to work, 2,882 work right here, and 29,219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97,000 people are in Miami Gardens on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
From Miami Gardens, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miami Gardens workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45,887 commuters (the 9% 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 miles Miami Gardens commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Miami Gardens is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% 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 50,375 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 53% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 7.8% of Miami Gardens households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Miami Gardens’ commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
How Miami Gardens ranks: 283rd of 364 U.S. towns of 80,000 to 153,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 22% | A+ |
| 3 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 22% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| 101 | Riverview FL | 113,697 | $100K | 7.5% | 4.3% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 281 | Athens GA | 129,921 | $54K | 26.0% | 5.2% | 46% | C+ |
| 282 | Gastonia NC | 87,067 | $64K | 16.3% | 5.7% | 22% | C+ |
| 283 | Miami Gardens FL | 113,579 | $64K | 13.6% | 9.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 284 | Greeley CO | 115,073 | $70K | 15.1% | 5.6% | 34% | C+ |
| 285 | Warren MI | 137,138 | $64K | 14.8% | 8.0% | 15% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 364 | Lawton OK | 90,503 | $54K | 21.1% | 8.1% | 55% | 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 Gardens, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Miami Gardens
The biggest share goes to Miramar (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miami Gardens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Gardens | – | C+ | A | 32 min | $63,627 |
| Ives Estates | under 2% | B− | A | 34 min | $72,239 |
| Miramar | 3% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $89,125 |
| Opa-locka | under 2% | C | A+ | 32 min | $37,532 |
| Biscayne Gardens | under 2% | C | A | 30 min | $55,165 |
| West Park | under 2% | C+ | A | 33 min | $65,952 |
| North Miami Beach | under 2% | B− | A+ | 30 min | $63,280 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Miami Gardens’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 2024, 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 Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Miami Gardens?
$63,627 (±$1,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miami Gardens?
13.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miami Gardens?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miami Gardens work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (20%, 12 mi), Hialeah (4%, 7 mi), Fort Lauderdale (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Miami Gardens walkable?
Miami Gardens is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Miami Gardens without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 53% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miami Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miami Gardens
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.