Homestead vs Kendall

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

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

Homestead has the higher population (80,725 vs 78,527 in Kendall). Kendall has the higher median household income ($83,664 vs $61,975 in Homestead). Kendall has the higher median home value ($516,900 vs $346,500 in Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead	Kendall
Population	80,725	78,527
Median age	32.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,975	$83,664
Median home value	$346,500	$516,900
Median gross rent	$1,619	$1,808
Housing units	26,741	32,287
Homeownership rate	45.0%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead	Kendall
Population	68,438 → 80,725 (+18.0%)	75,312 → 78,527 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$47,508 → $61,975 (+30.5%)	$73,612 → $83,664 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$222,300 → $346,500 (+55.9%)	$382,400 → $516,900 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,267 → $1,619 (+27.8%)	$1,543 → $1,808 (+17.2%)

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

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)

	Homestead	Kendall
Under 5	8.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	4.7%	9.8%
75 and over	2.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead	Kendall
White (non-Hispanic)	9.8%	23.8%
Black or African American	19.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	67.7%	65.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead	Kendall
No high school diploma	22.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead	Kendall
Drove alone	74.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.0%
Public transit	1.9%	3.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	13.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead	Kendall
1-unit, detached	37.5%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	22.6%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	14.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	26.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Homestead	Kendall
Poverty rate	18.5%	11.2%
Average household size	3.15	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	2001	1978