Miami-Dade County vs Orange County

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

Miami-Dade County and Orange 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 1,440,471 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($77,011 vs $68,694 in Miami-Dade County). Miami-Dade County has the higher median home value ($425,400 vs $358,300 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
Population	2,685,296	1,440,471
Median age	40.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,694	$77,011
Median home value	$425,400	$358,300
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,675
Housing units	1,085,414	576,450
Homeownership rate	52.2%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
Population	2,699,428 → 2,685,296 (-0.5%)	1,349,746 → 1,440,471 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$51,347 → $68,694 (+33.8%)	$58,254 → $77,011 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$289,600 → $425,400 (+46.9%)	$235,800 → $358,300 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,328 → $1,731 (+30.3%)	$1,215 → $1,675 (+37.9%)

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

Orange County

Population

1,349,7461,440,471

Median household income

$58,254$77,011

Median home value

$235,800$358,300

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	12.9%	36.8%
Black or African American	14.6%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
Drove alone	70.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.1%
Public transit	3.3%	1.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	39.4%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	33.3%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Miami-Dade County	Orange County
Poverty rate	14.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1980	1993