Kendall vs Miami Gardens

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

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

Miami Gardens has the higher population (111,264 vs 78,527 in Kendall). Kendall has the higher median household income ($83,664 vs $60,979 in Miami Gardens). Kendall has the higher median home value ($516,900 vs $337,200 in Miami Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
Population	78,527	111,264
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,664	$60,979
Median home value	$516,900	$337,200
Median gross rent	$1,808	$1,709
Housing units	32,287	36,280
Homeownership rate	61.4%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
Population	75,312 → 78,527 (+4.3%)	111,363 → 111,264 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$73,612 → $83,664 (+13.7%)	$44,064 → $60,979 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$382,400 → $516,900 (+35.2%)	$190,200 → $337,200 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,543 → $1,808 (+17.2%)	$1,278 → $1,709 (+33.7%)

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

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)

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.3%
75 and over	10.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	2.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	61.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	65.5%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
No high school diploma	6.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	18.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
Drove alone	71.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.5%
Public transit	3.5%	3.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.7%
Other means	1.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
1-unit, detached	39.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	6.9%
20 or more units	26.0%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Kendall	Miami Gardens
Poverty rate	11.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.54	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1978	1969