Miami Gardens is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 110,497 people and 34 associated neighborhoods, Miami Gardens is the 24th largest community in Florida.Miami Gardens is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Miami Gardens is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Miami Gardens who work in office and administrative support (14.74%), sales jobs (9.05%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (5.46%). A relatively large number of people in Miami Gardens telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.54% 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. In Miami Gardens, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Miami Gardens has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Miami Gardens has quite a high level of public transit users. Miami Gardens’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.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 2022 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. In addition, Miami Gardens has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (36.85%). The most common language spoken in Miami Gardens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
