AreaProfile

Hialeah, Florida

Area Profile

226,165 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Hialeah, in Miami-Dade County.

55
Area Score
Bottom 22% of 133 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 33% of 139 published cities64
GrowthTop 48% of 134 published cities54
Housing affordability149th of 150 published cities27
ClimateTop 15% of 149 published cities82
Physical resilience120th of 150 published cities24
AccessTop 22% of 149 published cities99
Economic stability90th of 150 published cities52
The quick read

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 36% of median household income.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, cold wave and coastal flooding.

A major airport is 3 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
226,165
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$55,594
Bottom 32% nationally
Density
10,474/sq mi
21.6 sq mi of land
Median age
45.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Miami-Dade County
Florida
Metro area
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Nearest major airport
OPF
3 mi · Miami-Opa Locka Exec
Median home value
$392,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 2.8% is lower than 99% of the 140 measured US cities.

Employment fell 0.6% over the past year, to 114,958 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$1,624$55,594Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$993$26,435Bottom 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate17.0%Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute31.9 minTop 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%Top 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment114,958Bottom 30%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)0.0%Bottom 48%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.6%Top 37%June 2026
Labor force118,297Bottom 29%June 2026
Labor force participation62.2%Top 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,190Bottom 49%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$48,640Bottom 33%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.3%Top 43%June 2026
Unemployment rate2.8%Bottom 1%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032026/012026/066.91.9
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 2.8% in June 2026.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202456k43k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $55,594 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons91,370$34,330
General and Operations Managers74,960$105,640
Customer Service Representatives63,440$39,560
Registered Nurses61,670$91,380
Office Clerks, General61,160$44,730
Waiters and Waitresses57,830$36,070

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,689 takes 36% of median household income, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 7.1 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
36.5%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
7.1×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,689
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$392,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income7.05Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate46.6%Bottom 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1,21379,130Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$24$1,689Top 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$10,668$392,000Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income36.5%Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2.6%Bottom 18%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
54/ 100
Top 48% of 134 published city profiles
Permitting is increasing, measured from 2020 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 6% since 2020, reaching 235,388 in 2024.

Permitting has turned upward after moving the other way the year before.

99% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 3.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
729
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
3.3
Bottom 43% nationally
Year over year
−2%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
99.2%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
20202021202220232024235k221k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
202020222023202420251k305
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was close to 2020 (+3%).

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 59°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 62.7 inches.

50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station MIAMI OPA LOCKA AP, 2.9 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND8.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation62.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low59°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing16°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

24 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, cold wave and coastal flooding.

HurricaneElevated
Coastal floodingModerate
Cold waveElevated

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, inland flooding, heat wave, tornado, wildfire, hail, strong wind, drought, earthquake, landslide.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 3 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Miami-Opa Locka ExecOPF3 mi8,002 ft
Miami IntlMIA5 mi13,016 ft
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood IntlFLL17 mi8,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Hialeah

5 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
3301271,017$51,45052
3301857,921$89,63961
3301645,551$58,47955
3301041,701$46,55350
3301330,695$60,65854