One downside of living in Miami Gardens, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.88 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
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.
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.
