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16,655people live here $47,469median household income▼ 41% below US $1,341median rent per monthNear US average $402,600median home value▲ 21% above US

Gladeview is an unincorporated community in Miami-Dade County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Gladeview

Gladeview is an unincorporated community in Florida with county unemployment below the national average and a population that has grown fast since 2020. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Gladeview deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, college degree attainment below the national average, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Low unemployment in the county
Fast-growing population

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
High poverty rate
Very rainy — 73" of rain per year

How Gladeview compares

Median household income

Gladeview$47,469

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Gladeview$1,341

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Gladeview$402,600

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Gladeview

Based on Gladeview's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,682

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $53,640 a year
48% of Gladeview renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$80,520

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $40,260
Homes cost 8.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,341/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,341 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices run above average, with a median around $402,600. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $402,600 · 48% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

2.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Miami-Dade County is 2.7%, well below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Miami-Dade County (county-wide)

Safety

336 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Gladeview doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Miami-Dade County Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1810/100k · Policed by Miami-Dade County Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

28 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 28 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 7% take public transit; 8% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

76%

Work from home

7.6%

Public transit

7.2%

Other

5.6%

Carpool

4.1%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 89°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 61°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 61% below US

14% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

11 public schools inside the boundary

There are 11 public schools inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Biscayne National Park (24 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Gladeview's strongest points are county unemployment below the national average and a population that has grown fast since 2020; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,341/mo) equals 34% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit job seekers (county-wide unemployment is low).

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