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A town of 27,808.
Leisure City earns a D, ranked 527th of 634 in Florida, mostly because of health. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 80% of the country. In its favor, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 81% of U.S. towns. Leisure City’s January low is 58°F, above both Florida’s towns (51°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). The typical home is worth about $375K, 4.9 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Coral Castle is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Leisure City beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure City K-8 Center | PK–8 | 1,059 |
| Campbell Drive K-8 Center | PK–8 | 844 |
| Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K-8 Center | PK–8 | 726 |
22,655 counted in 2010 and 26,324 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Leisure City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,001 in 1960, 26,324 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1950 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Leisure City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
9 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
24 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
6 mi National ParkBiscayne National Park487K visitors a yearHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Biscayne National Park: National Park Service, Public domain
Leisure City 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Leisure City.
Leisure City has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has poverty well above the Florida rate.
Against the 3,016 U.S. towns with household incomes like Leisure City’s, it is healthier than 68%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Leisure City, 34% have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 31 in all: Leisure City beats Florida on 3 and trails on 17. In Leisure City, 36% of adults worry about having enough food, and 31% say their health is fair or poor. Only 6 of the 636 Florida towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Leisure City.
| Leisure City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 25% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 15% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Leisure City | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.8% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 20.1% | 26.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 36.3% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. Its public schools are run by the Miami-Dade school district. The 3 public schools in Leisure City teach 2,629 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure City K-8 CenterLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,059 | C− |
| Lincoln-Marti Community Agency # 28 PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 479 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Leisure City has 1,192 jobs for its 11,010 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Jobs in Leisure City grew by 217 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,192. Commuting out is the norm locally: 2% of working residents work locally. For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 25%. Half commute less than 20 miles.
| Leisure City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $42,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.6% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Leisure City after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2017. Compared with 78% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. Since 1979, Leisure City has seen 133 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 49% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 34% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Homestead Gen Aviation Ap weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 102 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 57.9°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.9°.
Snowfall is close to zero. Leisure City’s peak summer temperature is 91°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Walkers can cover 0.7 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Seminole Wayside Park, at 32 acres. The trail network density for Leisure City comes to 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Leisure City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Palmland Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 2. Seminole Wayside Park | — | 32 |
| 3. Modello Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For Leisure City, the median rent is $1,723 a month. In Leisure City, 44% of households own their home. On the market locally: a median 54 days to sell.
| Leisure City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 44% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,723 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Leisure City
About 5 of every 100 Leisure City residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Where Leisure City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Leisure City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, that includes the smaller, older community of Modello in its northwestern section. The CDP is most notable for the Coral Castle Museum, located in the Modello area. It is located in the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 26,324 at the 2020 census, up from 22,655 in 2010.
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2 towns share a border with Leisure City.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure City | #527 | D | D | — | B+ | C− |
| Naranja | #549 | D | D− | — | B+ | D |
| Homestead | #449 | C− | D− | — | B+ | C |
Leisure City, Naranja and Homestead report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Leisure City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Leisure City grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #527 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $375,000, 0% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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