Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hialeah is a city of 230,968, and it grades C overall, ranked 406th of 634 in Florida. It is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. The trade-offs: the typical home is worth about $444K, 5.8 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 69% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Hialeah’s January low is 58°F, against 51°F in Florida’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 1 of Florida’s 327 towns do worse. Hialeah is home to Florida National University-Main Campus.
Where Hialeah beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Marcus A. Milam K-8 Center | PK–8 | 1,082 |
| Ernest R. Graham K-8 Academy | PK–8 | 947 |
| Ben Sheppard Elementary School | PK–5 | 927 |
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Florida National University-Main Campus | 2,205 |
| Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp | 135 |
2 colleges in town.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Hialeah is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,600 in 1930, 223,109 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1921 and 4 maps from 1950 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hialeah. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
8 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
14 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaPitbull StadiumHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Pitbull Stadium: Comayagua99, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hialeah, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Hialeah.
Hialeah is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and fares better on crime within Florida than nationally.
Most working residents leave Hialeah for work: only 15% work in town. 17% of Hialeah residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Hialeah grew to 59,401 in 2023, 8,559 more than in 2013.
| Hialeah | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Miami-Dade school district. Three of its 93 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus A. Milam K-8 CenterLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,082 | C+ |
| Hialeah Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,711 | D |
| Jose Marti Mast 6-12 AcademyTop results in townGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 1,008 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
1,779 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 228 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1986, 1,779 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hialeah.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 58.4°, milder than in 100% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.8°.
Hialeah has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Hialeah’s July high is 91°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,610 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hialeah’s, it is healthier than 63%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
40% of adults get no exercise outside work in Hialeah. Hialeah beats the Florida average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 13% of adults binge drink in Hialeah.
| Hialeah | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 25% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Hialeah | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 13% | 17.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 34.7% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Home values rose 36% in five years, to about $444K, against 19% across Florida.
The median rent in Hialeah is $1,689 a month. The typical Hialeah home is worth about $444,000, about the same as a year ago, 18% above the Florida typical home.
| Hialeah | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 47% | 72% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 64% | 59% | 48% |
| Median rent | $1,689 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 23.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 51% of Florida’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 4,448 to 3,662 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1.8 miles of trail in 22 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Hialeah Park Race Track, at 199 acres.
| Hialeah | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hialeah Park Race Track | 0.4 mi | 199 |
| 2. Goodlet Park | — | 24 |
| 3. Russell Bucky Dent Park | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
28 within 15 miles of the center of Hialeah
About 6 of every 100 Hialeah residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Where Hialeah’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Hialeah on the National Register of Historic Places.
32 notable people were born in Hialeah.
City in Florida, United States
Hialeah ( HY-ə-LEE-ə; Latin American Spanish: [xaʝaˈli.a]) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census, it is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in Miami-Dade County, in the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida, which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people at the 2018 census. It is located west-northwest of Miami, and is one of a few places in the county—others being Homestead, Miami Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, Sunny Isles Beach, and Golden Beach—to have its own street grid numbered separately from the rest of the county (which is otherwise based on Miami Avenue at Flagler Str…
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7 towns share a border with Hialeah.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hialeah | #406 | C | D | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Miami Lakes | #62 | B+ | D− | B | B+ | A− |
| Hialeah Gardens | #257 | C+ | D | B | B+ | C+ |
| Miami Springs | #100 | B | D− | — | B+ | B |
| Brownsville | #459 | C− | C− | — | B+ | D |
| Westview | #355 | C | C | — | B+ | C− |
| West Little River | #428 | C− | D | — | B+ | C |
| Opa-locka | #440 | C− | C− | — | B+ | D |
Miami Springs, Brownsville, Westview, West Little River and Opa-locka report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hialeah with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hialeah grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #406 of 634 in Florida. It grades C+ for health, C+ for safety and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
32 notable people were born here, including Neil Covone and Chris Cavanaugh.
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