Hialeah vs Kendall

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

Hialeah and Kendall 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 78,527 in Kendall). Kendall has the higher median household income ($83,664 vs $53,079 in Hialeah). Kendall has the higher median home value ($516,900 vs $359,200 in Hialeah).

Population, income & housing

	Hialeah	Kendall
Population	221,901	78,527
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,079	$83,664
Median home value	$359,200	$516,900
Median gross rent	$1,558	$1,808
Housing units	79,700	32,287
Homeownership rate	47.1%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hialeah	Kendall
Population	234,539 → 221,901 (-5.4%)	75,312 → 78,527 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$35,068 → $53,079 (+51.4%)	$73,612 → $83,664 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$228,600 → $359,200 (+57.1%)	$382,400 → $516,900 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,558 (+33.2%)	$1,543 → $1,808 (+17.2%)

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

Kendall

Population

75,31278,527

Median household income

$73,612$83,664

Median home value

$382,400$516,900

Median gross rent

$1,543$1,808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hialeah	Kendall
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.8%
75 and over	10.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hialeah	Kendall
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	23.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	95.2%	65.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hialeah	Kendall
No high school diploma	24.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hialeah	Kendall
Drove alone	72.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.0%
Public transit	1.2%	3.5%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	13.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hialeah	Kendall
1-unit, detached	38.4%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	14.4%
20 or more units	27.5%	26.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hialeah	Kendall
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1975	1978