Duval County vs Miami-Dade County

A side-by-side comparison of Duval County and Miami-Dade County: population, income, housing, and more.

Duval County and Miami-Dade County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Miami-Dade County has the higher population (2,685,296 vs 1,007,189 in Duval County). Miami-Dade County has the higher median household income ($68,694 vs $68,447 in Duval County). Miami-Dade County has the higher median home value ($425,400 vs $274,900 in Duval County).

Population, income & housing

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
Population	1,007,189	2,685,296
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,447	$68,694
Median home value	$274,900	$425,400
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,731
Housing units	445,946	1,085,414
Homeownership rate	58.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
Population	936,186 → 1,007,189 (+7.6%)	2,699,428 → 2,685,296 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$55,807 → $68,447 (+22.6%)	$51,347 → $68,694 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $274,900 (+52.1%)	$289,600 → $425,400 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,385 (+29.0%)	$1,328 → $1,731 (+30.3%)

Duval County

Population

936,1861,007,189

Median household income

$55,807$68,447

Median home value

$180,700$274,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,385

Miami-Dade County

Population

2,699,4282,685,296

Median household income

$51,347$68,694

Median home value

$289,600$425,400

Median gross rent

$1,328$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	12.9%
Black or African American	28.5%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	68.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
No high school diploma	9.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
Drove alone	72.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.9%
Public transit	1.2%	3.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.3%
Other means	1.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
1-unit, detached	59.7%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	11.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	33.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Duval County	Miami-Dade County
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1986	1980