Hialeah vs Miami Gardens

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

Hialeah and Miami Gardens 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 111,264 in Miami Gardens). Miami Gardens has the higher median household income ($60,979 vs $53,079 in Hialeah). Hialeah has the higher median home value ($359,200 vs $337,200 in Miami Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
Population	221,901	111,264
Median age	45.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,079	$60,979
Median home value	$359,200	$337,200
Median gross rent	$1,558	$1,709
Housing units	79,700	36,280
Homeownership rate	47.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
Population	234,539 → 221,901 (-5.4%)	111,363 → 111,264 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$35,068 → $53,079 (+51.4%)	$44,064 → $60,979 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$228,600 → $359,200 (+57.1%)	$190,200 → $337,200 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,558 (+33.2%)	$1,278 → $1,709 (+33.7%)

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 Gardens

Population

111,363111,264

Median household income

$44,064$60,979

Median home value

$190,200$337,200

Median gross rent

$1,278$1,709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.3%
75 and over	10.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	2.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	61.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	95.2%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
No high school diploma	24.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
Drove alone	72.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.5%
Public transit	1.2%	3.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.7%
Other means	1.7%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
1-unit, detached	38.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	27.5%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Hialeah	Miami Gardens
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.84	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1975	1969