Miami Gardens is a relatively large city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 110,717 people and 34 associated neighborhoods, Miami Gardens is the 24th largest community in Florida.
A relatively large number of people in Miami Gardens telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.66% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Miami Gardens, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.01 minutes every day commuting to work.
The percentage of adults in Miami Gardens who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.60% of the adults in Miami Gardens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Miami Gardens in 2022 was $25,033, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,132 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 33.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Miami Gardens include Jamaican, Haitian, Bahamian, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and African.
Miami Gardens also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.16%.
The most common language spoken in Miami Gardens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.