The Hammocks has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 8,926 jobs in The Hammocks, and 25,246 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in The Hammocks for work; outside it, Miami is the main destination (18%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The Hammocks and work: the main findings
The Hammocks workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The Hammocks draws workers from far and wide
The 8,926 jobs in The Hammocks are filled from a wide area. The Hammocks’ own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 58% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind The Hammocks’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, The Hammocks is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #137 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds The Hammocks’ grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.1%, 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, The Hammocks could be anywhere from B to A.
Each way, about 35 minutes from The Hammocks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of The Hammocks workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26,234 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where the trip to work from The Hammocks ends
Where The Hammocks clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
How a workday changes The Hammocks
On a workday 23,954 residents head out to work, 1,292 work right here, and 7,634 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43,000 people are in The Hammocks on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The kinds of work in The Hammocks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in The Hammocks, 2013 → 2023: 6,826 → 8,926. 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 The Hammocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from The Hammocks
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 Hammocks is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 30,005 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 3.5% of The Hammocks households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of The Hammocks’ commuters take a bus or train.
How The Hammocks ranks: 305th of 749 U.S. towns of 41,000 to 79,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 101 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 134 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 171 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Brick Township NJ | 77,402 | $106K | 5.1% | 6.2% | 16% | B+ |
| 304 | South Whittier CA | 55,650 | $101K | 10.6% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 305 | The Hammocks FL | 58,838 | $86K | 12.1% | 2.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 306 | Attleboro MA | 47,447 | $99K | 8.6% | 4.7% | 15% | B+ |
| 307 | Greer SC | 50,007 | $83K | 10.1% | 2.4% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | 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 The Hammocks, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How The Hammocks compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | The Hammocks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hammocks | – | B+ | A− | 35 min | $85,628 |
| The Crossings | under 2% | A | B+ | 30 min | $91,012 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of The Hammocks’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 The Hammocks: questions
What is the median household income in The Hammocks?
$85,628 (±$7,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in The Hammocks?
12.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from The Hammocks?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in The Hammocks work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (18%, 17 mi), Doral (7%, 12 mi), Kendall (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is The Hammocks walkable?
The Hammocks is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around The Hammocks without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from The Hammocks, from the people who make the trip.
More of The Hammocks
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.