Florida City vs Miami Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Florida City and Miami Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Florida City and Miami Shores are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Florida City has the higher population (12,791 vs 11,627 in Miami Shores). Miami Shores has the higher median household income ($137,873 vs $47,754 in Florida City). Miami Shores has the higher median home value ($788,600 vs $353,200 in Florida City).

Population, income & housing

	Florida City	Miami Shores
Population	12,791	11,627
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,754	$137,873
Median home value	$353,200	$788,600
Median gross rent	$1,328	$2,233
Housing units	4,208	3,994
Homeownership rate	30.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florida City	Miami Shores
Population	11,928 → 12,791 (+7.2%)	10,459 → 11,627 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$35,253 → $47,754 (+35.5%)	$123,478 → $137,873 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $353,200 (+130.7%)	$558,700 → $788,600 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,328 (+13.7%)	$1,523 → $2,233 (+46.6%)

Florida City

Population

11,92812,791

Median household income

$35,253$47,754

Median home value

$153,100$353,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,328

Miami Shores

Population

10,45911,627

Median household income

$123,478$137,873

Median home value

$558,700$788,600

Median gross rent

$1,523$2,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florida City	Miami Shores
Under 5	8.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	17.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.1%
75 and over	4.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florida City	Miami Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	39.9%
Black or African American	41.0%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florida City	Miami Shores
No high school diploma	33.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florida City	Miami Shores
Drove alone	76.6%	60.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	12.7%
Public transit	2.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	20.5%
Other means	1.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florida City	Miami Shores
1-unit, detached	42.5%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	16.2%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Florida City	Miami Shores
Poverty rate	31.0%	7.9%
Average household size	3.22	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1992	1953