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Opa-locka, FL
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Opa-locka profile


Living in Opa-locka



Opa-locka is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 15,888 people and six associated neighborhoods, Opa-locka is the 162nd largest community in Florida.

For a small city, Opa-locka has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Opa-locka exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.

In Opa-locka, just 7.56% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Opa-locka in 2022 was $18,108, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,432 for a family of four. However, Opa-locka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Opa-locka is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Opa-locka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Opa-locka residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Opa-locka also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Opa-locka include Jamaican, Haitian, Bahamian, British West Indian, and Other West Indian.

Opa-locka also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.70%.

The most common language spoken in Opa-locka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.