Leisure City vs Miami Lakes

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

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

Miami Lakes has the higher population (30,731 vs 26,917 in Leisure City). Miami Lakes has the higher median household income ($97,255 vs $48,640 in Leisure City). Miami Lakes has the higher median home value ($577,300 vs $333,100 in Leisure City).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
Population	26,917	30,731
Median age	33.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,640	$97,255
Median home value	$333,100	$577,300
Median gross rent	$1,590	$2,024
Housing units	8,428	11,673
Homeownership rate	45.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
Population	26,652 → 26,917 (+1.0%)	30,864 → 30,731 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$36,609 → $48,640 (+32.9%)	$75,762 → $97,255 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$194,400 → $333,100 (+71.3%)	$386,900 → $577,300 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,590 (+40.0%)	$1,563 → $2,024 (+29.5%)

Leisure City

Population

26,65226,917

Median household income

$36,609$48,640

Median home value

$194,400$333,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,590

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)

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
Under 5	7.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	7.7%
Black or African American	12.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	80.2%	88.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
No high school diploma	29.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
Drove alone	76.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	9.6%
Public transit	1.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
1-unit, detached	57.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	15.6%
20 or more units	18.1%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leisure City	Miami Lakes
Poverty rate	22.9%	4.5%
Average household size	3.31	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1979	1990