Miami vs Miami Gardens

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

Miami 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 has the higher population (446,663 vs 111,264 in Miami Gardens). Miami Gardens has the higher median household income ($60,979 vs $59,390 in Miami). Miami has the higher median home value ($475,200 vs $337,200 in Miami Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Miami	Miami Gardens
Population	446,663	111,264
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,390	$60,979
Median home value	$475,200	$337,200
Median gross rent	$1,657	$1,709
Housing units	219,809	36,280
Homeownership rate	30.7%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miami	Miami Gardens
Population	454,279 → 446,663 (-1.7%)	111,363 → 111,264 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$39,049 → $59,390 (+52.1%)	$44,064 → $60,979 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$317,700 → $475,200 (+49.6%)	$190,200 → $337,200 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,657 (+40.1%)	$1,278 → $1,709 (+33.7%)

Miami

Population

454,279446,663

Median household income

$39,049$59,390

Median home value

$317,700$475,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,657

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)

	Miami	Miami Gardens
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.3%
75 and over	7.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miami	Miami Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	12.3%	2.5%
Black or African American	12.7%	61.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miami	Miami Gardens
No high school diploma	20.0%	16.5%
High school graduate	25.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miami	Miami Gardens
Drove alone	61.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.5%
Public transit	6.9%	3.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	8.7%
Other means	3.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miami	Miami Gardens
1-unit, detached	23.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	47.6%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Miami	Miami Gardens
Poverty rate	19.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.30	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1978	1969