Most of Olympia Heights commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Olympia Heights report 2,484 jobs; 5,601 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Olympia Heights are A for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Olympia Heights at work: what stands out
Most Olympia Heights residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Olympia Heights’ working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Olympia Heights works from home
26% of Olympia Heights workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Olympia Heights
64% of Olympia Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Olympia Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Olympia Heights
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olympia Heights is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #51 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Olympia Heights’ grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olympia Heights could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where in the region Olympia Heights 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.
The daily trip from Olympia Heights: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olympia Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,105 commuters (the 26% 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.
What Olympia Heights’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olympia Heights, 2013 → 2023: 2,553 → 2,484. 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 Olympia Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Olympia Heights: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,400 residents head out to work, 201 work right here, and 2,283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,300 people are in Olympia Heights on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
24% of working residents work in Miami
Where Olympia Heights clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Olympia Heights
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olympia Heights is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #128 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below 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 6,872 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, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 4.1% of Olympia Heights households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Olympia Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Olympia Heights comes 510th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 185 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
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| 227 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
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| 288 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 508 | Chester NY | 12,877 | $140K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 7% | A |
| 509 | Del Aire CA | 11,115 | $142K | 9.5% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| 510 | Olympia Heights FL | 12,399 | $109K | 12.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 511 | Leonia NJ | 9,441 | $130K | 4.3% | 6.0% | 5% | A |
| 512 | Brecksville OH | 13,843 | $135K | 3.5% | 5.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Olympia Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Olympia Heights
The biggest share goes to Westchester (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olympia Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia Heights | – | A | A | 30 min | $108,958 |
| Glenvar Heights | 2% | B | A | 27 min | $72,118 |
| Westchester | 4% | B | A | 30 min | $72,262 |
| Westwood Lakes | under 2% | B | A− | 31 min | $86,040 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olympia Heights’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 Olympia Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Olympia Heights?
$108,958 (±$26,475) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olympia Heights?
12.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olympia Heights?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olympia Heights work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (24%, 9 mi), Coral Gables (7%, 6 mi), Doral (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olympia Heights walkable?
Olympia Heights is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olympia Heights without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olympia Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olympia Heights
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.