Miami Gardens is a relatively large city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 116,173 people and 34 associated neighborhoods, Miami Gardens is the 24th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Miami Gardens is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Miami Gardens is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Miami Gardens who work in office and administrative support (13.19%), sales jobs (7.40%), and management occupations (6.33%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.91% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 33.52 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%: 18.08% of the adults in Miami Gardens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Miami Gardens in 2022 was $26,595, which is low income relative to Florida, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,380 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 36.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Miami Gardens include Jamaican, Haitian, Bahamian, British West Indian, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. In addition, Miami Gardens has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (38.69%). The most common language spoken in Miami Gardens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
