One downside of living in Miami Gardens is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Miami Gardens, the average commute to work is 33.88 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
A lot of people in Miami Gardens take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Miami Gardens, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.
The percentage of adults in Miami Gardens who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.66% of the adults in Miami Gardens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Miami Gardens in 2018 was $23,556, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,224 for a family of four. However, Miami Gardens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Miami Gardens is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Miami Gardens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Miami Gardens residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Miami Gardens also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Miami Gardens include Jamaican, Haitian, Bahamian, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and African.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Miami Gardens's cultural character, accounting for 36.85% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Miami Gardens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
