USCG Cutter DUANE · Public domainTavernier’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 17.6% of residents (Florida 12.6%). Tavernier grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tavernier, in brief
Tavernier trades workers with the towns around it
Tavernier has about as many jobs (1,230) as working residents (1,247), but they are mostly different people: 1,146 residents leave for work each day while 1,129 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Tavernier are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
53% 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 ↓
A lot of Tavernier works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Tavernier: Islamorada, Village of Islands (19%) and Key Largo (9%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Tavernier are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 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.
Inside Tavernier’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tavernier is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Tavernier’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tavernier could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Tavernier
On a workday 1,146 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tavernier
About 53% 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 22 minutes from Tavernier
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tavernier workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,129 commuters (the 8% 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.
19% of working residents work in Islamorada, Village of Islands
Where Tavernier clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
What the 1,230 jobs in Tavernier are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tavernier, 2013 → 2023: 1,085 → 1,230. 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 Tavernier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Tavernier, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tavernier is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 1,223 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Tavernier households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tavernier’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,466th of 5,207: where Tavernier ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,464 | Everett Township MI | 1,994 | $57K | 14.1% | 10.7% | 4% | D |
| 4,465 | Weedpatch CA | 2,685 | $22K | 46.5% | 22.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,466 | Tavernier FL | 2,413 | $50K | 17.6% | 4.7% | 8% | D |
| 4,467 | Citrus City TX | 2,395 | $39K | 24.4% | 11.0% | 0% | D |
| 4,468 | Marked Tree AR | 2,208 | $46K | 27.3% | 7.2% | 17% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Tavernier, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 28% of Tavernier
The biggest share goes to Islamorada, Village of Islands (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tavernier workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavernier | – | D | B− | 22 min | $50,256 |
| Islamorada, Village of Islands | 19% | B+ | A | 25 min | $87,222 |
| Key Largo | 9% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $85,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tavernier’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 Tavernier: questions
What is the median household income in Tavernier?
$50,256 (±$10,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tavernier?
17.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tavernier?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tavernier work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Islamorada, Village of Islands (19%, 4 mi), Key West (9%, 86 mi), Key Largo (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tavernier walkable?
Tavernier is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tavernier without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tavernier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tavernier
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.