Opa-locka vs Palmetto Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Opa-locka and Palmetto Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Opa-locka and Palmetto Estates are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palmetto Estates has the higher population (16,587 vs 16,097 in Opa-locka). Palmetto Estates has the higher median household income ($82,199 vs $31,680 in Opa-locka). Palmetto Estates has the higher median home value ($412,200 vs $281,000 in Opa-locka).

Population, income & housing

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
Population	16,097	16,587
Median age	35.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,680	$82,199
Median home value	$281,000	$412,200
Median gross rent	$1,225	$2,015
Housing units	6,203	4,253
Homeownership rate	31.1%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
Population	16,149 → 16,097 (-0.3%)	15,640 → 16,587 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$21,523 → $31,680 (+47.2%)	$62,910 → $82,199 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $281,000 (+82.1%)	$236,000 → $412,200 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,225 (+35.5%)	$1,519 → $2,015 (+32.7%)

Opa-locka

Population

16,14916,097

Median household income

$21,523$31,680

Median home value

$154,300$281,000

Median gross rent

$904$1,225

Palmetto Estates

Population

15,64016,587

Median household income

$62,910$82,199

Median home value

$236,000$412,200

Median gross rent

$1,519$2,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	6.9%
Black or African American	43.1%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	51.7%	56.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
No high school diploma	27.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	44.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
Drove alone	71.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.2%
Public transit	6.8%	1.4%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.0%
Other means	1.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
1-unit, detached	35.8%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	37.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Opa-locka	Palmetto Estates
Poverty rate	29.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.78	3.90
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1968	1973