Hialeah Gardens vs Leisure City

A side-by-side comparison of Hialeah Gardens and Leisure City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leisure City has the higher population (26,917 vs 22,634 in Hialeah Gardens). Hialeah Gardens has the higher median household income ($60,855 vs $48,640 in Leisure City). Leisure City has the higher median home value ($333,100 vs $319,200 in Hialeah Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
Population	22,634	26,917
Median age	43.1 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,855	$48,640
Median home value	$319,200	$333,100
Median gross rent	$1,798	$1,590
Housing units	7,443	8,428
Homeownership rate	60.1%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
Population	23,709 → 22,634 (-4.5%)	26,652 → 26,917 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$53,423 → $60,855 (+13.9%)	$36,609 → $48,640 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$208,900 → $319,200 (+52.8%)	$194,400 → $333,100 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,523 → $1,798 (+18.1%)	$1,136 → $1,590 (+40.0%)

Hialeah Gardens

Population

23,70922,634

Median household income

$53,423$60,855

Median home value

$208,900$319,200

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,798

Leisure City

Population

26,65226,917

Median household income

$36,609$48,640

Median home value

$194,400$333,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.3%
75 and over	9.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	5.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
No high school diploma	20.4%	29.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
Drove alone	75.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
1-unit, detached	39.8%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	27.6%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Hialeah Gardens	Leisure City
Poverty rate	15.2%	22.9%
Average household size	3.03	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1992	1979