City safety & data profile
Miami GardensFL
Miami Gardens, FL is a 113K-resident city in Miami-Dade County with a median household income of $63,627.
Miami-Dade County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Miami Gardens, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Miami Gardens has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $378,500, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 113K
- Population (place)
- Top 6%
- By size
- $63,627
- Median income (place)
- $378,500
- Median home (place)
- 13.6%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Miami Gardens area.
- Bottom 29%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Miami Gardens
Composite score · Miami Gardens, FL
34/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Miami Gardens in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Miami Gardens income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$63,627 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-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.
- Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
1,009,833 residents
- Miami
Miami, FL
487,014 residents
- Tampa
Tampa, FL
414,547 residents
- Orlando 334,854
Orlando, FL
334,854 residents
- St. Petersburg 257,083
St. Petersburg, FL
257,083 residents
- Hialeah 237,069
Hialeah, FL
237,069 residents
- Tallahassee 201,731
Tallahassee, FL
201,731 residents
- Fort Lauderdale 183,146
Fort Lauderdale, FL
183,146 residents
- Cape Coral 175,229
Cape Coral, FL
175,229 residents
- Pembroke Pines 166,611
Pembroke Pines, FL
166,611 residents
What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.
Income ranking: FL
The same 310-city FL pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Pinecrest
Pinecrest, FL
$206,417 median
- Parkland
Parkland, FL
$198,669 median
- Lake Butler
Lake Butler, FL
$182,500 median
- Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne, FL
$181,505 median
- Keystone
Keystone, FL
$161,056 median
- Naples
Naples, FL
$153,182 median
- Miami Shores
Miami Shores, FL
$144,050 median
- Palmetto Bay
Palmetto Bay, FL
$142,447 median
- Fruit Cove
Fruit Cove, FL
$141,863 median
- Weston
Weston, FL
$139,825 median
What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Miami Gardens, FL beyond the headline numbers
Miami Gardens sits inside Miami-Dade County, Florida, at roughly 25.94°N, -80.25°W. Population 113,187, $63,627 median household income. Median home value $378,500, median rent $1,787. Poverty rate 13.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Miami Gardens (nearest 3.9 mi away), 3.3/5 avg rating, 5 with an ER. Climate: 76°F annual average, 68.4" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 22.4% in Miami Gardens, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
9% unemployment puts Miami Gardens in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
2.9% of Miami Gardens workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
The median home in Miami Gardens costs around 5.9 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.
18.1% of Miami Gardens adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Median rent in Miami Gardens, FL runs $1,787/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Remote work covers 8.9% of Miami Gardens workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Poverty in Miami Gardens, FL stands at 13.6%, 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.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Miami Gardens 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Miami-Dade County): Miami Gardens'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.
Money & Work
The clearest outlier in Miami Gardens's numbers is median household income: $63,627, which is 29% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent runs 16% above average too, at $1,787/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 13.6% +10% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 18.1% |
| Work From Home | 8.9% |
| Public Transit | 2.9% |
Population
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals Within Range 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 202414.2% above national average
Metro area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-level7,815 flood insurance claims have been filed in Miami-Dade County since 2016, with $259.8M paid out by the NFIP.
3,765 claims trace back to Hurricane Irma, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Miami Gardens?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Miami Gardens right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet FL-MIAMI-GARDENS · Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens: 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 Miami Gardens; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Miami Gardens, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (13.6% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($63,627 here).
Compare Miami Gardens with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Using Miami Gardens's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Miami Gardens area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Miami Gardens against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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 2026-09-16.