Kendall West vs Miami Lakes

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

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

Kendall West has the higher population (35,492 vs 30,731 in Miami Lakes). Miami Lakes has the higher median household income ($97,255 vs $66,858 in Kendall West). Miami Lakes has the higher median home value ($577,300 vs $377,800 in Kendall West).

Population, income & housing

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
Population	35,492	30,731
Median age	45.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,858	$97,255
Median home value	$377,800	$577,300
Median gross rent	$1,755	$2,024
Housing units	13,326	11,673
Homeownership rate	52.5%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
Population	38,433 → 35,492 (-7.7%)	30,864 → 30,731 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$58,009 → $66,858 (+15.3%)	$75,762 → $97,255 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $377,800 (+47.3%)	$386,900 → $577,300 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,524 → $1,755 (+15.2%)	$1,563 → $2,024 (+29.5%)

Kendall West

Population

38,43335,492

Median household income

$58,009$66,858

Median home value

$256,400$377,800

Median gross rent

$1,524$1,755

Miami Lakes

Population

30,86430,731

Median household income

$75,762$97,255

Median home value

$386,900$577,300

Median gross rent

$1,563$2,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
Under 5	3.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.9%
75 and over	8.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	7.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	90.6%	88.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
No high school diploma	25.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
Drove alone	80.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.6%
Public transit	1.6%	1.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
1-unit, detached	38.6%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	17.8%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kendall West	Miami Lakes
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1986	1990