List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida


Communities in Miami-Dade County, all located in the county's eastern half, include 34 municipalities, 37 census-designated places, and several unincorporated communities. The county seat is Miami, which is also the most populous city.

Municipalities

Miami-Dade County has nineteen cities, six towns, and nine villages. No apparent differences in government structure or population exist between these three categories, however. The communities below are numbered according to the provided image.
Municipality populations are based on the 2020 US Census using their QuickFacts with 5,000 residents and above, while municipalities under 5,000 people are based on their US Decennial Census.
#Incorporated CommunityDesignationDate incorporatedPopulation
1Miami GardensCity111,640
2AventuraCity40,242
3Golden BeachTown961
4Sunny Isles BeachCity22,342
5North Miami BeachCity43,676
6North MiamiCity60,191
7Bal HarbourVillage3,093
8Bay Harbor IslandsTown5,922
9Indian CreekVillage84
10SurfsideTown5,689
11Biscayne ParkVillage3,117
12Miami ShoresVillage11,567
13El PortalVillage1,986
14North Bay VillageCity8,159
15Opa-lockaCity16,463
16Miami LakesTown30,467
17HialeahCity223,109
18Hialeah GardensCity23,068
19MedleyTown1,056
20DoralCity75,874
21Miami SpringsCity13,859
22Virginia GardensVillage2,364
23SweetwaterCity19,363
24MiamiCity442,241
25Miami BeachCity82,890
26Key BiscayneVillage14,809
27West MiamiCity7,233
28Coral GablesCity49,248
29South MiamiCity12,026
30PinecrestVillage18,388
31Palmetto BayVillage24,439
32/ggCutler BayTown45,425
33HomesteadCity80,737
34Florida CityCity13,085

The current unincorporated place of Islandia was a city founded on December 6, 1960, with a 2010 census population of 18, but was disincorporated on March 16, 2012, and will no longer appear on the US Census.

Census-designated places

As of the 2020 United States Census, there are 37 census-designated places in Miami-Dade County. The populations listed below are based on that census. The CDP's are lettered according to the image above.
#Census-designated placePopulation
aIves Estates25,005
bOjus19,673
cGolden Glades32,499
dCountry Club49,967
ePalm Springs North5,030
fPinewood17,246
gWestview9,923
hWest Little River34,128
iGladeview14,927
jBrownsville16,583
kFountainebleau59,870
lTamiami54,212
m/nWestchester56,384
oCoral Terrace23,142
pFisher Island561
qGlenvar Heights20,786
rOlympia Heights12,873
sWestwood Lakes11,373
tSunset15,912
uKendall80,241
vKendale Lakes55,646
wKendall West36,536
xThe Hammocks59,480
yThe Crossings23,276
zPalmetto Estates13,498
aaRichmond Heights8,944
bbThree Lakes16,540
ccCountry Walk16,951
ddRichmond West35,884
eeWest Perrine10,602
ffSouth Miami Heights36,770
hhGoulds11,446
iiPrinceton39,308
jjNaranja13,509
kkLeisure City26,324
llHomestead Base999

The former CDP of Lakes by the Bay is now part of the Town of Cutler Bay, and the former CDP of University Park is now part of the Westchester CDP.

Other unincorporated communities

The boundaries of these communities are loose and may overlap with each other as well as with the census-designated places.
The degree of development in these areas varies considerably. For instance, Frog City is a ghost town, while Little Gables is a densely populated suburban area and Redland is a rural but significantly populated region.

City districts and neighborhoods

District / neighborhoodMunicipality
AndoverMiami Gardens
Biscayne GardensGolden Glades
Bunche ParkMiami Gardens
Carol CityMiami Gardens
Coral Way VillageWestchester
CutlerPalmetto Bay
DadelandKendall
East PerrinePalmetto Bay
Green-Mar AcresKendall
Hawley HeightsKendall
HowardKendall
Lake LucerneMiami Gardens
Lakes by the BayCutler Bay
Norwood (Norland)Miami Gardens
Opa-locka NorthMiami Gardens
Saga BayCutler Bay
Scott LakeMiami Gardens
South BeachMiami Beach
West KendallKendall
WynwoodMiami