Florida · Census place 51650
Opa-locka city, FL
Quick answer
Opa-locka city has 16,097 residents, ranking #245 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $31,680, the median home is worth $281,000 and median gross rent runs $1,225 a month.
- Population
- 16,097Opa-locka city residents
- Median household income
- $31,680Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $281,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,225Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 31.1%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Opa-locka city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Opa-locka city median would spend about 46.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 8.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.9% of residents and 31.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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