Miami Springs vs Sunset

A side-by-side comparison of Miami Springs and Sunset: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunset has the higher population (13,652 vs 13,606 in Miami Springs). Sunset has the higher median household income ($99,764 vs $88,705 in Miami Springs). Sunset has the higher median home value ($537,500 vs $504,000 in Miami Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Miami Springs	Sunset
Population	13,606	13,652
Median age	44.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,705	$99,764
Median home value	$504,000	$537,500
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,894
Housing units	5,655	5,304
Homeownership rate	63.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miami Springs	Sunset
Population	14,146 → 13,606 (-3.8%)	15,871 → 13,652 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$61,795 → $88,705 (+43.5%)	$84,552 → $99,764 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$410,400 → $504,000 (+22.8%)	$388,800 → $537,500 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,134 → $1,333 (+17.5%)	$1,443 → $1,894 (+31.3%)

Miami Springs

Population

14,14613,606

Median household income

$61,795$88,705

Median home value

$410,400$504,000

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,333

Sunset

Population

15,87113,652

Median household income

$84,552$99,764

Median home value

$388,800$537,500

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miami Springs	Sunset
Under 5	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.1%
75 and over	10.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miami Springs	Sunset
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	77.9%	84.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miami Springs	Sunset
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miami Springs	Sunset
Drove alone	68.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	12.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miami Springs	Sunset
1-unit, detached	66.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	12.3%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Miami Springs	Sunset
Poverty rate	10.9%	11.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1958	1970