Ives EstatesFL
A town of 28,506.
Is Ives Estates a good place to live?
Ives Estates grades B− overall, 170th of 634 graded towns in Florida, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $357K, 4.7 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Ives Estates’ January low is 59°F, where Florida’s towns sit at 51°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. The biggest park or preserve is Ives Estates Park, at 81 acres.
What makes Ives Estates stand out
Where Ives Estates beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Madie Ives K-8 Preparatory Academy | PK–8 | 1,083 |
| DR. Michael M. Krop Senior High | 9–12 | 2,165 |
| Iprep Academy North | 6–12 | 522 |
Ives Estates has grown 28% from 2010 to 2020
19,525 counted in 2010 and 25,005 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Ives Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Ives Estates is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 70 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ives Estates. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
13 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
5 mi Park & preserveHaulover Park
24 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Hard 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 · Haulover Park: Elmschrat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain
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Moving to Ives Estates: who provides what
Ives Estates 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 Ives Estates.
Ives Estates is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak.
Most working residents commute out of Ives Estates
Ives Estates has 2,335 jobs for its 10,103 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Jobs in Ives Estates fell by 240 from 2013 to 2023, to 2,335. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The typical journey to work for Ives Estates comes to 34 minutes. The median commute is under 12 miles.
| Ives Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Ives Estates beat 72% of Florida districts
The largest public high school is DR. Michael M. Krop Senior High, with 2,165 students. Its three schools are below. The 3 public schools in Ives Estates teach 3,770 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madie Ives K-8 Preparatory AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,083 | C+ |
| DR. Michael M. Krop Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,165 | C− |
| Iprep Academy NorthTop results in townGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 522 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
High risk in Ives Estates, with hurricanes at the top
Ives Estates’ FEMA hazard score comes in at 72 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1979: 30. 43% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 41%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Ives Estates once, in 2017.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ives Estates ranks healthier than two in three of the country’s towns
Against the 10,689 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ives Estates’s, it is healthier than 82%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Florida is cancer: 5.6% of its 19,648 adults have had cancer, against 9.1% statewide.
For adults in Ives Estates, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 14%. CDC measures, 31 in all: Ives Estates beats Florida on 9 and trails on 6. Two figures for adults here: 42% sleep under 7 hours, 21% worry about having enough food.
| Ives Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Ives Estates | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 18.6% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Ives Estates, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 59.2°, milder than in 100% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.3°.
In Ives Estates, the midsummer high is 90°F. Snow is a rarity.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Younger than Florida overall
People 65 and older are 13% of residents (21% statewide). Ives Estates: 35% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. For Ives Estates, the midpoint age is 36.7 years.
| Ives Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.1 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.7, men 35.5.
| Ives Estates | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.6% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.8% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.9% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.2% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.8% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conservation land takes up 7% of Ives Estates
Trails total 0.7 miles in 4 parks and preserves. Ives Estates’ trail network density stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Ives Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ives Estates Park | 0.3 mi | 81 |
| 2. Gordon Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Ives Estates Tennis Center | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For cost of living, Ives Estates earns a D
The typical value, about $357K, is 9% below its July 2024 peak. 74.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 60.1% across Florida.
Zillow values the typical Ives Estates home at about $357,000, down 3.2% in a year, close to the Florida typical home. In Ives Estates, the median rent is $2,110 a month. 57% of households live in a home they own here.
| Ives Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,110 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 57% | 72% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ives Estates
Colleges nearby
25 within 15 miles of the center of Ives Estates
About 9 of every 100 Ives Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
98% of working residents leave Ives Estates for work
Where Ives Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ives Estates
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Ives Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 25,005 at the 2020 census, up from 19,525 in 2010.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 305
Ives Estates’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Ives Estates.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ives Estates | #170 | B− | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Ojus | #161 | B− | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Miami Gardens | #507 | D | D | C | B+ | C− |
| Pembroke Park | #342 | C | B− | — | B | D− |
| West Park | #532 | D | D | — | B | D |
Ives Estates, Ojus, Pembroke Park and West Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ives Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Ives Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ives Estates, FL a good place to live?
Ives Estates grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #170 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Ives Estates, FL expensive?
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.