City safety & data profile

Glenvar HeightsFL

Glenvar Heights, FL is a 17K-resident city in Miami-Dade County with a median household income of $72,118.

Miami-Dade County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Glenvar Heights, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Glenvar Heights has a population larger than 35% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $545,400.

Data updated 2026-09-05

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 36%
By size
$72,118
Median income (place)
$545,400
Median home (place)
12.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Glenvar Heights

Glenvar Heights posts a median household income higher than 39% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 40%
by median income, US cities

Where Glenvar Heights income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,118 Bottom 39% higher than 39% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Glenvar Heights $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Glenvar Heights, FL beyond the headline numbers

Glenvar Heights sits inside Miami-Dade County, Florida, at roughly 25.71°N, -80.33°W. Population 16,898, $72,118 median household income. Median home value $545,400, median rent $1,973. Poverty rate 12.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Glenvar Heights, FL stands at 12.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Glenvar Heights costs around 7.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

14.9% of Glenvar Heights workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 7.8% in Glenvar Heights, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

3.8% of Glenvar Heights workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Glenvar Heights from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,898
Glenvar Heights · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,118
-19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$545,400
+32% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Miami-Dade County): Glenvar Heights's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.7M+7%
Median Income
$71,753+66%
Median Home Value
$463,000+130%
Poverty Rate
14.7%-26%
Unemployment
4.6%-61%

Economics

Economics indicators for Glenvar Heights, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,973/mo
Poverty Rate
12.1%
Unemployment 4.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 59.9%
Work From Home 14.9%
Public Transit 3.8%

Population

White 39.7%
African American 4.2%
Asian 2.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.7%
High Blood Pressure
28.3%
Obesity
24.7%
Physical Inactivity
24.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
18.3%
Binge Drinking
15.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.3%
Diabetes
11.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.3%
Current Asthma
7.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.5%
Annual Checkup 76.1%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
7.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.3%
Stroke
2.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Glenvar Heights?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Glenvar Heights right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-GLENVAR-HEIGHTS · Glenvar Heights

Glenvar Heights: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Glenvar Heights; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Glenvar Heights, FL?
Glenvar Heights, FL has a population of 16,898 people, located in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Glenvar Heights?
The median household income in Glenvar Heights, FL is $72,118 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.1%.
What is the median home value in Glenvar Heights?
The median home value in Glenvar Heights, FL is $545,400. Median rent is $1,973/month.
What are the top health concerns in Glenvar Heights?
The top health indicators in Glenvar Heights include Short Sleep Duration (32.7%), High Blood Pressure (28.3%), Obesity (24.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Glenvar Heights?
The median age in Glenvar Heights, FL is 39.6 years. 59.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Glenvar Heights, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (12.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($72,118 here).

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Using Glenvar Heights's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Miami-Dade County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.