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Opa-locka, FL

16,097 Population
4.3 square miles 3,736.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$18,405 ±$1,919 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $42,369 ±$332
  • about half the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$31,680 ±$9,969 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $73,481 ±$523
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

29.9% ±5.6% (4,810  ±905) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 13.1% 794,980 (±0.2% / ±14,555)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

29.4 minutes ±3.3 (183,395  ±27,910) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.3 76,367,010 (±0.1 / ±484,056)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

5,767 ±417 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,311,230 ±5,212
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.8 ±0.2 (16,061  ±57) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.6 6,048,596 (±0 / ±1,051)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

8.8% ±4.9% (340  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.6% 63,174 (±0.2% / ±2,173)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

6,203 ±453 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,662,397 ±499
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$281,000 ±$19,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $405,600 ±$2,230
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

10.1% ±3.2% (1,601  ±501.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.5% 760,407 (±0.2% / ±13,252.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

72.2% ±6.4% (7,773  ±781.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 86.9% 3,847,432 (±0.4% / ±18,766.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
7.2% ±2.6% (770  ±281.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 35.6% 1,577,648 (±0.3% / ±11,539)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

39.3% ±5.3% (6,326  ±854) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.9% 2,569,673
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

3% ±1.4% (360  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.6% 174,641 (±0.1% / ±4,331)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
360 Total veterans ±169 346 Male ±167 14 Female ±23

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