AreaProfile

Kendall, Florida

Area Profile

79,562 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Kendall, in Miami-Dade County.

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How this area ranks
SchoolsTop 29% of 2,668 published cities68
Housing affordability3772nd of 4,223 published cities50
ClimateTop 15% of 4,223 published cities81
Physical resilience3355th of 4,182 published cities24
AccessTop 14% of 4,226 published cities99
Economic stability2465th of 4,226 published cities56
The quick read

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 26% 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 10 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
79,562
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$87,325
Top 27% nationally
Density
4,942/sq mi
16.1 sq mi of land
Median age
42.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Miami-Dade County
Florida
Metro area
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Nearest major airport
MIA
10 mi · Miami Intl
Median home value
$567,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

48% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 87% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,927$87,325Top 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,490$50,412Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate11.2%Top 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute32.7 minTop 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher47.9%Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation63.4%Top 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,190Bottom 42%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$48,640Bottom 27%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202487k79k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $87,325 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.

60% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 69% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 17.4 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
15
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
17.4
across all schools here
Math proficiency
60.0%
Top 32% in Florida
Reading proficiency
68.8%
Top 11% in Florida
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLMIAMI-DADE67517.8
FRANK CRAWFORD MARTIN K-8 CENTERMIAMI-DADE61115.348%61%
WILLIAM H. LEHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI-DADE52214.167%72%
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTERMIAMI-DADE50617.464%70%
KENDALL GREENS HIGH SCHOOL · charterMIAMI-DADE48248.2
SOMERSET ACADEMY BAY · charterMIAMI-DADE41019.577%84%
SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY SUNSET · charterMIAMI-DADE35015.986%85%
KENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI-DADE34816.665%74%
RICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMIAMI-DADE34520.327%37%
GLORIA FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI-DADE34411.147%54%
SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES - SOUTHMIAMI-DADE29036.3
SOMERSET ACADEMY BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL · charterMIAMI-DADE25921.675%75%

34.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Florida’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,905 takes 26% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 6.5 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
26.2%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
6.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,905
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$567,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income6.50Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate62.2%Bottom 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1,14232,492Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$52$1,905Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$39,388$567,900Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income26.2%Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.2%Bottom 39%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 →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

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 57°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 56.1 inches.

50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station MIAMI KENDALL TAMIAMI EXEC AP, 5.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND8.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation56.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low57°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing17°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.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. Reported crime is also easy to misread: agency participation varies year to year, and a city that draws a large daytime workforce carries incidents its residents did not generate.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 10 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Miami IntlMIA10 mi13,016 ft
Miami-Opa Locka ExecOPF17 mi8,002 ft
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood IntlFLL31 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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Other cities in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
MiamiMiami-Dade County459,74553vs Kendall
HialeahMiami-Dade County226,16552vs Kendall
Fort LauderdaleBroward County185,60448vs Kendall
Pembroke PinesBroward County173,19446vs Kendall
HollywoodBroward County155,08245vs Kendall
MiramarBroward County138,60054vs Kendall
Coral SpringsBroward County136,10349vs Kendall
West Palm BeachPalm Beach County122,29051vs Kendall
Pompano BeachBroward County114,14744vs Kendall
Miami GardensMiami-Dade County113,17745vs Kendall
DavieBroward County108,34650vs Kendall
Boca RatonPalm Beach County100,23454vs Kendall

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
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)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

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 Kendall

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
3317651,804$86,354