Opa-locka vs Three Lakes

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

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

Three Lakes has the higher population (16,426 vs 16,097 in Opa-locka). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($91,364 vs $31,680 in Opa-locka). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($434,800 vs $281,000 in Opa-locka).

Population, income & housing

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
Population	16,097	16,426
Median age	35.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,680	$91,364
Median home value	$281,000	$434,800
Median gross rent	$1,225	$2,255
Housing units	6,203	5,484
Homeownership rate	31.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
Population	16,149 → 16,097 (-0.3%)	15,614 → 16,426 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$21,523 → $31,680 (+47.2%)	$67,955 → $91,364 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $281,000 (+82.1%)	$294,100 → $434,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,225 (+35.5%)	$1,836 → $2,255 (+22.8%)

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

Three Lakes

Population

15,61416,426

Median household income

$67,955$91,364

Median home value

$294,100$434,800

Median gross rent

$1,836$2,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
Under 5	5.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.3%
75 and over	6.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	23.8%
Black or African American	43.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	51.7%	60.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	27.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
Drove alone	71.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.2%
Public transit	6.8%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	35.8%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	37.2%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Opa-locka	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	29.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.78	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1968	1997