Hialeah vs Miami Beach

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

Hialeah and Miami Beach 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 81,319 in Miami Beach). Miami Beach has the higher median household income ($67,014 vs $53,079 in Hialeah). Miami Beach has the higher median home value ($542,000 vs $359,200 in Hialeah).

Population, income & housing

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
Population	221,901	81,319
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,079	$67,014
Median home value	$359,200	$542,000
Median gross rent	$1,558	$1,733
Housing units	79,700	63,225
Homeownership rate	47.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
Population	234,539 → 221,901 (-5.4%)	90,108 → 81,319 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$35,068 → $53,079 (+51.4%)	$53,971 → $67,014 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$228,600 → $359,200 (+57.1%)	$459,000 → $542,000 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,558 (+33.2%)	$1,396 → $1,733 (+24.1%)

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

Miami Beach

Population

90,10881,319

Median household income

$53,971$67,014

Median home value

$459,000$542,000

Median gross rent

$1,396$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
Under 5	4.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.7%
75 and over	10.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	34.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	95.2%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
No high school diploma	24.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
Drove alone	72.8%	47.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.7%
Public transit	1.2%	7.0%
Walked	1.1%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	5.6%
Worked from home	12.6%	20.2%
Other means	1.7%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
1-unit, detached	38.4%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	18.9%
20 or more units	27.5%	64.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hialeah	Miami Beach
Poverty rate	17.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.84	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1975	1969