Hialeah vs Homestead

A side-by-side comparison of Hialeah and Homestead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hialeah has the higher population (221,901 vs 80,725 in Homestead). Homestead has the higher median household income ($61,975 vs $53,079 in Hialeah). Hialeah has the higher median home value ($359,200 vs $346,500 in Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Hialeah	Homestead
Population	221,901	80,725
Median age	45.9 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,079	$61,975
Median home value	$359,200	$346,500
Median gross rent	$1,558	$1,619
Housing units	79,700	26,741
Homeownership rate	47.1%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hialeah	Homestead
Population	234,539 → 221,901 (-5.4%)	68,438 → 80,725 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$35,068 → $53,079 (+51.4%)	$47,508 → $61,975 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$228,600 → $359,200 (+57.1%)	$222,300 → $346,500 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,558 (+33.2%)	$1,267 → $1,619 (+27.8%)

Hialeah

Population

234,539221,901

Median household income

$35,068$53,079

Median home value

$228,600$359,200

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,558

Homestead

Population

68,43880,725

Median household income

$47,508$61,975

Median home value

$222,300$346,500

Median gross rent

$1,267$1,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hialeah	Homestead
Under 5	4.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.7%
75 and over	10.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hialeah	Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	9.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	95.2%	67.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hialeah	Homestead
No high school diploma	24.7%	22.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hialeah	Homestead
Drove alone	72.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	15.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hialeah	Homestead
1-unit, detached	38.4%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	21.3%
20 or more units	27.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Hialeah	Homestead
Poverty rate	17.5%	18.5%
Average household size	2.84	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1975	2001