Homestead BaseFL
1,125 people call this town in Florida home. Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
Is Homestead Base a good place to live?
The best of Homestead Base’s subject grades is a B+ for schools; the weakest is a D− for health. 88% of residents live below the poverty line in Homestead Base, against 11% in Florida’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. No town in Florida scores lower than Homestead Base on health. Only 38 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors. Homestead Base has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Homestead Base stand out
Where Homestead Base beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy | PK–8 | 643 |
| Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center South | PK | 77 |
| Title I Migrant Education Program | PK–12 | 29 |
| Widest gap | Homestead Base | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 37.1% | 8.6% |
1,125 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Homestead Base grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Homestead Base is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homestead Base. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
12 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
3 mi National ParkBiscayne National Park487K visitors a year
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
23 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot ParkPhoto credits
Hard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Biscayne National Park: National Park Service, Public domain · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Homestead Base: who provides what
Homestead Base is unincorporated, so Miami-Dade County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Homestead Base.
A larger share of adults in Homestead Base say their health is fair or poor than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Only one of the 637 Florida towns we compare has a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Homestead Base. Homestead Base: nearly a quarter of adults report frequent physical distress. Of 31 CDC measures, Homestead Base beats the Florida average on 4 and trails it on 25. In Homestead Base, 32% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 20% have diabetes.
| Homestead Base | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 20% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Homestead Base | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.1% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 31% | 39% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 37.1% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Homestead Base’s schools beat 72% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Miami-Dade school district. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. The 3 public schools in Homestead Base teach 749 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin Lakes K-8 AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 643 | D |
| Title I Migrant Education ProgramLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 29 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most of Homestead Base’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.7 jobs for each of them
For Homestead Base, the mean commuting time is 15 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 23 miles. In Homestead Base, 0.3% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Miami (19%), Doral (6%) and Homestead (4%).
| Homestead Base | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Homestead Base brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 59° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Homestead Base: inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Homestead Base once, in 2017. Compared with 53% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher. 51% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 35%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Homestead Base is conserved land
1.0 miles of trail. Homestead Base’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Homestead Base
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Homestead Base
About 2 of every 100 Homestead Base residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
100% of working residents leave Homestead Base for work
Where Homestead Base’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Homestead Base
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Homestead Base is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The CDP comprises the extent of Homestead Air Reserve Base plus some surrounding land. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 999 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 4.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 305
Questions about Homestead Base
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Homestead Base, FL a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Florida.