With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of West Miami works elsewhere
Employers in West Miami report 1,195 jobs, and 3,037 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for West Miami are B for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in West Miami, in a few figures
Most West Miami residents work close to home
77% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
West Miami and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for West Miami residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in West Miami come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside West Miami
60% of West Miami residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in West Miami pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in West Miami
24% of West Miami workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in West Miami
On family income, poverty and job access, West Miami is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #255 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds West Miami’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.3%, U.S. 11.9%).
15% of West Miami’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (16% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 13.3%, against 12.9% for all residents. Unemployment (2.0%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($83,958), since student households pull the household median down ($61,274).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, West Miami could be anywhere from C to A+.
Where in the region West Miami 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.
27% of working residents work in Miami
Where West Miami clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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.
What West Miami’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Miami, 2013 → 2023: 977 → 1,195. 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 West Miami’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for West Miami’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Miami workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,854 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.
The daily commute in and out of West Miami
On a workday 2,938 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 1,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in West Miami on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: West Miami
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Miami is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #25 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place West Miami 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 3,767 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, 76% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 4.0% of West Miami households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of West Miami’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, West Miami is 1,507th of 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,505 | Almont Township MI | 7,103 | $92K | 6.2% | 6.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,506 | Edgerton WI | 6,121 | $72K | 8.6% | 4.1% | 14% | B |
| 1,507 | West Miami FL | 7,125 | $61K | 12.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,508 | Hall Township IL | 8,193 | $71K | 7.1% | 3.0% | 17% | B |
| 1,509 | Rindge NH | 6,502 | $103K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 West Miami, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around West Miami: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Coral Terrace (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Miami workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Miami | – | B | A+ | 25 min | $61,274 |
| Coral Terrace | 3% | B+ | A | 26 min | $80,353 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Miami’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.
- Students. 15% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in West Miami: questions
What is the median household income in West Miami?
$61,274 (±$10,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Miami?
12.9% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 13.3%. Florida: 12.6%.
How long is the commute from West Miami?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Miami work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (27%, 6 mi), Coral Gables (9%, 6 mi), Doral (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is West Miami walkable?
West Miami is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Miami without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 76% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Miami, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Miami
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.